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PRIMARY PROBERS MAKES RAPID PROGRESS IN THEIR INVESTIGATION DUNCAN HAKES CHARGES V A i A y Subcommittee Finishes Its Work at Spartanburg and Greenville, in Both of Which Counties Irregularities Were Found in Several Boxes and Illegal Voting. A dispatch from Greenville to The News and Courier Bays productive of but meagre results in. so far as interest to the public is concerned were the two sessions of the subcommittee of the State Democratic executive committee, appointed for the purpose or investigating alleged frauds in the recent primary election , hold Wednesday morning in Spartanburg and that afternoon in Greenville. Detective E. S. Reed, who is said to be operating in this section of the State, is in Greenville, but not withstanding the fact that Mr. B. M. Jeffries, of the committee, moved to request that Mr. Reed testify if he had anything to tell ho did not appear before the committee; neither was lie requested to appear. Chairman Steverson ruling that the committee li,ad no knowledge of Mr. Reed or his work, and that it was not in a position to bring witnesses bt fore it. The net result of the meetings Wednesday were: Hearing reports on the counties of the Pee Dee section of the State, similar to those submitted Tuesday by Sub-Chairman J. B. Park, with substantially the same result; a few irregularities shown in Berkeley, Marion, York Dillon and Dorchester, where it is stated that 125 votes on the State 'ticket were placed in the county box and counted; the disappearance of the club rolls and^ poll lists in Orangeburg, but a statement from County Chairman Robt. Lide that there was apparently no fraud; reports of no irregularities in Charleston, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield-, Kershaw, Dee, and Williamsburg; no reports from Calhoun, Florence, Georgetown, Horry and Marlboro; deferring examination of the Richland County rolls and lists until the committee meets in Columbia. which will be on Tuesday; refusal of the committee to dlscomiss the protest of Judge Ira B. Jones, conteste, against Governor mease, refusal to give Greenville County a clean bill of health; an aflidavit by John T. Duncan, who ran for Governor in the recent primary, charging the 'illegal use of money in behalf of Ira B. Jones; and the decision of tlio committee to meet in Anderson to hear a report of the Anderson citizen's committee on their findings In that county. Asked for Dismissal of l^otest. At the conclusion of the hearing In Spartanburg Counsel F. H. I)ominlck, for Governor Blease, made request of the committee to dismiss the protest of Judge Jones upon the showing already made; that it appeared that granting all the votes in question there was still an insufTl ? - -r A _ - * i 1 . _ cient numoer or vuiaie me election. This request was dismissed for the reason that the sub-committee, as ruled by Chairman Stevenson, is constituted to investigate the entire election without specific regard to the contest of any particular candidato, and report its findings to the State executive committee. In reply to the request of Mr, Dominick, Counsel Robert W. Shand. for Judge Jones, stated that Judge Jones, through his attorneys, would take the evidence as submitted tc the committee, compile the figure.2 and if it was found that there was an iiMufficient number of so-called fraudulent votes to change the result of the election, then they would withdraw their protest, not otherwise. Mr. Shand took occasion to explain Judge Jones's position in the matter that ho was unable to carry on s 'complete investigation of alleged ifrauds and that, as some of hi? friends and supporters wei'3 about to raise a fund for that purpose the executive committeo moved to aci cn account of the numerous complaints made to it, look up the woi cf i 11> ( sligation and that Judga Jones was merely abiding the finding.; oJ the investigating committee. Duncan Makes Charge. Mr. John T. Duncan invited the committee to closely investigate conditions in Anderson, Oreenviuo Greenwood Orangeburg and Rich land, charging the use of money and unlawful betting on the election b\ Jones men. In Greenvillt, on char gc-s that the Jones headquarters was a scene of "flagrant breachers of the criminal law and our election laws in the matter of betting on the electioi and the use of money to purchase votes." He cites G. Heyward Mali on as manager of the head-quar^tcrs and says that a Mr. Whitmire Assistant to tho conductor on the " ? n 1.1? ? ? noumem u;uiway, umuhidui hihi r.reonvillo division, can tell about these illegal practices. 'Mr. Stevenson called for both Messrs. Mahor and Whitmire, but neither could be found. No one seemed to know the Mr. Whitmire. Somo little merriment was created by the reading ol Mr. Duncan's affidavit. Mr. Jeffries after the examination on the stand of Mr. Avery Pattor of the Oreenvillt Citizens' Committe< moved to give Greenville a clean bill of health as to the election. The motion was ruled premature by the chairman, who stated two reasont for the ruling: first, "because th* report of this committee could not !> * prepared until the committee has finished its work anu wo could not give any county a clean btV. of health until the entire report was made; and second, because, the attorneys; tir Governor Blease we;o reserving the right to attack any county until the hearings were closed and tha: right would be taken awa/ by a judgment at this time.'* Mr. Avery Patton was sworn that afternoon and testified to the statements contained in the report made Tuesday. Nothing new was brought out, except the intimation, in the form of a question from Mr. Dominlck that there had been two hundred' questionable votes in the Duueonibeo street box. It was stated that there appeared 34 7 duplicate names in the Central box at Spartanburg, and that 158 names were of persons absolutely unknown. in reply to cross examination from Mr. Dominlck, Mr. Patton stated that his citizens' committee made no charges of fraud, but reported conditions as it found them. He declared it as his opinion that of the throe managers of the Central box, Mr. Poole was a Please supporter and Messrs. McGheo and Davis were Jones men. The trend of counsel's questions, was to show that the machinery at Spartanburg wa s entirely in the hands of Jones men. Mr. Dominick o?(tin oniiftri for snecific charges and Mr. Shand stated that his compilation of the figures in the hands of the committee, would constitute the charges upon which Judge Jones would base his contest, provided they proved sufficient. The scope of the comipittte work was thereby somewhat' more clearly defined. Ill short, It is a Court of Inquiry into the methods and praitices of the recent primary, and whether or not there is a contest by any candidate or candidates is left with those interested. The Greenville session of the committee was brief and quiet, no large crowd having assembled. Moving on to Anderson, the committee will adjourn to meet in Columbia, and nish its work prior to a meeting of the State Democratic executive committee, which has been called by Chairman John Gar> Kvans for Tuesday, when final action relative to the election is expected. M1CAH JKNKIN'S OFFICE GONE. ? Internal Revenue Districts of South and North Carolina Combined. An order has been issued by President Taft consolidating the internal revenue district of North Carolina, with headquarters at Raleigh. The oflice of Major Mich Jenkins, colloc tei of internal revenue for South Carolina at Columbia, thus disappears. The deputy will probably be stationed at Columbia to sell stamps. Who this oificer will be has not yet been determined, according to a statement made Tuesday at the office ol Commissioner Cabell, in Washington. The order of consolidation is effective October 1, and follows the enactment of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill passed at the last session of Congress, when provision was made for the sixty-seven revenue districts now in existence, leaving to the Presii dent the designation of the districts to be merged. One Texas district will be consolidated and one in California* The fourth district to vanish remains ! to be announced. SAYS HE WAS HYPNOTIZED. i Man Who Kobbcd New York Limited Ravs He Was Under Spell. i Howard E. Edwards, tho highwayi n\an who held up and robbed the . New York limited train of the Loure. ville and Nashville Railroad, near i New Orleans, on the night of Sep, ten.ber 4, Tuesday was indicted by [ the grand jury. lie is charged with assaulting mail clerks on the train , and with tho theft of mail matter. Edwards, who has been in the hos? pital there with a fractured skull as 1 the result of blows struck by Engi, neei llaer, who effected his capture, i was removed to the parish prison to t await trial. He asserted to newspa[ per men Tuesday that he was under . the hypnotic influence of four strang[ ers, who drugged him when he com. mitled the crime. ? ? ? l SPANISH TRAINMEN STRIKE. l Government Using Every Precaution Against Outbreaks. A general strike on tho railroads 5 of the province of Catalonia, Spain, is ^ to ho started by the employees at " midnight Tuesday night. : Tho Government has taken stern ' measures of precaution against out* ' breaks on the part of the men. Mllr. * - 1 i?- i lary Uiiu^i upnui ? nave uccu iJiawu in charge of all the instruments at the > stations which are guarded by troops while soldiers of the engineer corps ? have been placed on the trains to rck place the engineers and firemen who I leave their posts. ' ? ? ? Auto Hit a liig Tree. } Dr. John L. Hughes, health officer 1 of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., was killed and 5 Mrs. Louisa S. Clement was perhaps ' fatally injured in an automobile ac' cident near New ltochelle, N. Y. 'Mrs. ' Clemeilt? who is a wealthy divorcee, ' had been a patient of Dr. Hughes, ? and he was taking her home from his ? otlice in Mt. Vernon when the auto| mobile struck a rut and skidded. L The machine cyrashed into a tree, " throwing out both occupants. 1 ? | Itonib Kills Wealthy Planter. Ambushed assassins believed to i have been members of the Dlack Hand, dynamited the home of John [ Mondella Sr., near Shreveport, La., killing him, after he refused to pay 5 (hem $1 0,000, demanded in a letter. I His wife and three sons wero injurj ed. j , ? j Steeplejack's Long Tumble. ) George C. Winders, a steeplejack of t Cambridge City, Ind., fell from the i top of a forty-foot smokestack he was : painting. Rolling a cigarette, ho rigi god up another scaffold and finished . ............ THEIR WORK BEGUN THE SUB-COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON PRIMARY NOISY CROWD PRESENT Many Irregularities in Some of Counties? Roll Called for Reports From - - - - - 1 ~ 0 Chairman.?kuicn ior rroou ui Charges Adopted, -r- Meeting Disturbed by Crowd in Court Room. The Spartanburg correspondent of The State says although not quite sensational, the two opening sessions of the investigation of the sub-committee cf the State Democratic executive committee to conduct an inquiry intc charges of fraud in the primary election of August 27 there Tuesday proved far from quiet. The noise of the two sessions was furnished by the crowd that practically filled the court house in the early afternoon and at the later session packed the place considerably beyond its seating capacity. The majority of the "fuss" came from the spectators. In a more dignified manner continual objections from attorneys for the governor kept tho proceedings from being monotonous. Despite the constant interruptions of practically all the first session and over half the second the committee made a good start in the investigation it set out to make. The subcommittee was organized; a plan of procedure was reached and put in execution; reports were received and admitted from J. B. Park's division of the State, including the ^counties from which ho has received information; the routine work of the committee was disposed of and when the committee met Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock W. B. Wlison Jr., will make his report of the counties investigated in his division. Kxplains Their Side. At the opening of the first meeting, called to order in the court house at 1 p. m., attorneys for the governor, chiefly through F. H. Dominick, exnlolnoH jit snnin lenirth to the com inUlee the position taken by them. At the afternoon session S. J. Nichols had much to say. At one time in the first session cheers and yells of applause for J. M. Greer by the spectators consumed considerable time and at the aftersoon session the crowd cheered lustily in approbation of remarks by Mr. Greer and R. M, Jeffries. In the crowd that filled the court room were many supporters ol the governor and some of the Blease leaders of the Piedmont as well at Spartanburg county. Visitors from several nearby counties were inevideuce, including Cherokee, Unlor and Greenville. The most exciting Incident of the day came shortly after the committee met at 3:30 o'clock after the din ncr recess. Just after the commit tee had indorsed the action of W. F Stevenson, chairman, in mapping oul the work of the committee frorr Charlotte, J. iM. Greer demanded in i loud tone "your" authority for meet ii.g members of the committee ir Charlotte. This created a demon stration that deepened in a momeni into an uproar. Cries of "Give it tc 'cm, Greer," and "Go to Charlotte ' came from various parts of the lial and men in all parts of the hall ros< in their seats and pushed toward tin inclosure around the judge's stanc where the chairman sat with th< members of the committee groupe( jus.: outside the railing. Demands Order. Mr. Stevenson announced that un less there was order the committer would adjourn to a room where tin audience would be so small it wouh have to be orderly. Mr. Greer shout ed "You can't do it." The cry was taken up by many in the crowd. S J. Nichols made an appeal for order Mr. Stevenson reminded the crowt that if any man is declared the nomi nuo for governor it will bo on the re nort of this committee and if tin committee could not proceed in tin court room the work would be con tinned elsewhere. In the midst of the uproar J. T Duncan, appearing as a contestant spoke at some length, and the yell: of the crowd turned to cheers fo Du ncan. "We are glad to have an audience but I will ask that members of tin audience will not participate in tin procedure of the committee and wil refiain from voting 011 motions,' cautioned Mr. Stevenson after orde: was restored. Not long after the demonstratior tins roll of counties was called, am with the reading of more or les: lengthy reports from sub-committee! in the various counties the ardor o I the crowd waned and a largo ma {polity of the GOO persons left tin court room. Chairman Sustained. Just after the convening of tin committee for the second session or motion of Mr. Park, the work of tin chairman in apportioning the wort of the sub-committee was "approver and confirmed". Convening at 1 o'clock, the com' m it tee, with every member preseni and attorneys on hand representing both Judge .Tones and the governor began the work. R. M. Jeffries anc T. I>. Hutier wore nominuum iur s^urotary, but Col. Butler declined the honor and Mr. Jeffries was electee by acclamation. Mr. Stevenson in a statement explained the position of the sub-committee. lie reviewed the three sources of evklenco?information in the hands of the contestants and the contesleos; reports from people throughout the State who had informatlor which this committee would not be able to get unless furnished by the f people who had the Information, "as it is not gifted with the art of mind reading and could not possibly interview 140,000 voters " and last the records to which the committee has access. j To get the evidence from the public. therefore, notice and time was retjuired to be given to the public and to get the records required time. "Some criticism has grown out or | the postponement, which, I think, waf made without considering the situation as it existed," said Mr. Stevenson. "As the report which this committee makes must be used in justification and must show an endeavor to get the evidence from reliablo sources who were desirous of fur- L nishing it, and if it then reported that everything was all right then the [ public would not have the right * theieafter to rise and condemn us for not getting information which it J itself failed to furnish upon invitatioi and sufficient time given. That c is the reason for the organization of the work as it was done, and for the * postponement of this meeting until that organization could have the op- 1 nortunity to do this work. Tillman's Criticism, ! "Criticism of the probable outcome f of the investigation has been made j by our distinguished senator." said ] Mr. Stevenson, "whose advice will always be duly considered by me and ] whose wisdom I will always respect, | whether I follow his advice or not. \ Because I differed politically from j the governor, I am not responsible j for being on the committee, was not < present when it was ordered, and for < one or two days declined to serve but ; finally did reconsider and decide to ] serve." The chairman then reviewed the . appointment of the two sub-commit- ( tees and the division of the State. He ] pointed out that the chairmen of these sub-committees are two young, vigorous methodical attorneys who have never been connected with poll- : tics, and ho had separated himself j absolutely from such evidence in or- ( (1 ( r to avoid "the implied inference that our senior Senator said would be . drawn." lie reminded his hearers , alsi that the public mind is now in a ( condition to accept evidence that may be brought out without unnecessary t. "The cooling time has been beneficial to the body politic," lie said. Mr. Stevenson suggested that a motion was in order to adopt a set of rules and suggested a plan previously outlined by the chairman through the South Carolina daily press. "I won't make it," exclaimed Mr. Greer, and this stirred the first outburst of the day from the crowd. When the noise subsided Col. Butler moved the r\t nrnnn/lnrn I cluujmun yj 1 HID 1 UJV.O u 1 j<i uwum v , previously suggested by Mr. Stevenson. This was done. The chaiman in response to the \ query from Mr. Dominick held that . neither party to the contest waives | ary legal rights they may have in apj pearing before the committee. { The rules as adopted are as follows: i Rules Are Adopted. "1. That the burden of proving ir? regularities or fraud sufficient to an. nul the election or reverse the face of . the returns rests upon these charg. ing the same. "2. That since the entire public Is I as deeply interested and have been ! invited to furnish evidence of crookt edness if known, the public will have ? ?t t. A A- a 1* V* AM m d I ? ftli t\ M f /"\ f i !it; rigui iu uo ucatu 111 ou|jpun ui x charges made and those making . charges whether tho public generally t or the contstants should produce j theii proof in opening. "3. That tho contesteo has then 1 the right to offer proof in rebuttal 3 and the contestants in reply. 3 "4. That where no proof is prol rlueed as to county, either by the con3 testants or by the public as liereto1 fore requested, and the records as furnished the committee show nothing wrong, such county shall be passed on correct, proof of crookedness not having been forthcoming to ovl erthrow the presumption of correctJ nces which always prevails. "f?. That applying such rules, only 3 those counties will be investigated , where tangible specifications are in nana, eitner proaucea uy contestants, j the public or appearing from tho rec_ ords collected by the sub-committee _ appointed heretofore, and it will be a the endeavor of the committee to 3 take up the counties and complete _ them, one at a time, beginning at Spartanburg this course to be varied as justice fniiy require, of course. "6. The character of evidence and ^ the method of production will have to p be determined by the committee from time to time as the questions arise." At the second session of the day 3 nvuch discussion was had by tho at3 torneys for the governor as to the \ procedure of the committee and the ? method of inquiry adopted. Appear-! r ing for Judge Jones at the hearing are It. W. Shand and W. II. Town3 send. The governor is in the city, j but did not attend the hearings. He 3 is represented by F. H. Dominick, E. s S Please, J. M. Cannon and S. J. f Xicholls. A roll call of the counties in tho 3 district apportioned to Mr. Parks was made and reports from the counties entered in the record when available. Spartanburg was first considered. 3 T. A. Phifer, for tho sub-committee of 1 the county Democratic executive com3 mittee, presented tho report. Mr. : Phifer presented spcifications of all leged frauds. The sub-committee has not completed the work of making - the probe of the county, hut presentt ed numerous alleged irregularities. > Instances are given of persons voting . tw'ce, negroes voting who are not eliV -ft 1 A ?- A _ % 11.1 J . r _ . ^ 1 gioie 10 casr a uauoi aim 01 persuus * voting who did not have their names i on the club rolls. The partial report 1 admitted Tuesday gives a large number of names arranged as a precincts - as voting where their names did not - appear on the club rolls. A further i investigation must be made by the j county sub-committee to ascertain - whether or not certain votes cast - more than oce under the same name i are repeaters or persons of the same i neme. A Abbeville county was called. A CONFESSES ROBBERY 'FAKED OFFICERS WOULD SUSPECT HIS BROTHER. lank Clerk Tells How He Arranged Bogus Package and Took the Money. William H. Bell, 2 0 years old, a >ank clerk, Tuesday night confessed hat ho robbed the local First Nationit Bank, Tuesday, of a package conalning $55,000 of the Louisville and Nashville's payroll, and substituted a jogus package in its place. Fear .hat the olhcers would suspect hrs jrotlier is said to have caused Bell to :or fess. The young bank clerk has been In he employ of the local bank for two fears. In his confession to detec ives, be declared that be bad planled to secure tbe money a week before the pay-roll was made up. Last Sunday he made a bogus package, similar in shape and size to the pay roll package ?f money filled with magazine slips. On Tuesday afternoon, when the Louisville and Nashvillo pay-roll waB being fixed for shipment he slipped the package containing the $55,000 Into his locker and substituted the package of paper in its place. No one noticed the change and the bogus package together with a shipment of $'20,000 was taken to the express of tiee ana receipted. Tuesday night Bell took the package of money to his home In a suit case. Activities by detectives ai|l officials when the robbery became known caused him to return the mcney Saturday. He wrapped trie package in a newspaper and after notifying the cashier of the First Natioi al Bank where the missing money would be found, placed it on the bvck st^ps of the bank building. ccrtest there was recognized by the county committee and two boxes? Cold Spring and Antreville?were thrown out because the managers and voters were not sworn. Charges in Aiken. Tu Aiken the sub-committee has not reported but specifications as to alleged fraud are made. The report of the sub-committee or the county committee in Anderson was put in evidence. After reading onl\ a portion, further reading was dispensed with and the document was entered in the record. The sub-committee of the Bamberg ennntv executive committee has not filed Its report. No report has been received from Barnwell. In Beaufort there Is no evidence of fraud. A report from Cherokee stated the xlstence of Irregularities but no proof of intent to commit fraud. The primary was conducted in a slipshod manner, according to the report. In Edgefield no irregularities were noticed. A report from the sub-committee of the county executive committee in Greenville says: "There were numerous irregularities appearing of one kind and another but in the main we can not find evidence that these irregularities were with fraudulent intent or accomplished a fraudulent purpose." The committee is inclined to believe many negroes enrolled are fictitious. Central box at Greenville was freely considered. "Many names on the club roll there can not be identified. At each of the clubs examined ten per cent, to 15 per cent, of those who voted can not be identified. Numerous incidents were discovered where persons who are dead or removed from the county are recorded as having voted." ureen wooers report was not reaay when that county was called. In Hampton the sub-committee reports tho primary conducted loosely, but no more so than in previous years. Mr. Jeffries announced that in Jasper tho county chairman said that ho was not advised of an investigation. Would Not Move. When Laurens was called Mr. Fark announced tVnt his request for the at pointment of a sub-committee was not regarded. J. M. Cannon announced that under a telegram received from John Gary Evans, State chairman, a recount was made and a reso1 ui ion passed calling on the State committee to exonerate that county from the charge of fraud. Mr. Park announced that his request for the appointment of a sub-committee in Newberry was not heeded and F. II. Dominick told of the correspondence between himself and Mr. Park already familiar to tho public. No report was on hand from Pickens and Oconee. It was announced that Saluj da had refused to appoint a subcommittee. as did Union. Mr. Greer Isri'.r the Union county chairman had reported to the State executive commit fee. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock \V. It. Wilson Jr., presented his reports. Mr. Stevenson announced that he had taken up the question of the number of male whites of voting age in South Carolina and from Director Drrand had secured the following figures for 1910: Native whites 159,000; foreign and mixed parentage but native born, 3,4 05; unnaturalized, 1 002; first papers taken, aliz.ed, 1/002; fllrst papers taken, 184; aliens and unknown, 239; unknown, 83 0. The chairman announced that ho hoped to get the .figures for each county in a few days. It is expected that the inquiry made by members of committee, it Is believed that the scene of investigation will be shifted to a nearby county, possibly Greenville or Anderson. V It hough no announcement has been Uiofn U! (1 1 lin nrtnfilnilml vnefrtt?/l'> v IUV 1 v.' n HI V W II I II VI v vl ^ UOtVA UUJ ? ? ? Something should be done to make fhe primary so fair and honest that no suspicion would ever arise as to any election held under it. This can and should bo done. WAS LEFT IN HER WOMAN SUES SURGEON FOR HIS CARELESSNESS. PERFORMED OPERATION For Two Years Mrs. Ginther Carries About a liinien Napkin a Foot Square Ileforo She I-earns Truth, and Then She Sues for Ten Thousand Dollars Damages. The New York World says Mrs. Charles Ginther of Newark, N. J., not only has lived for two years with a twelve-inch linen napkin implanted in her side, but is well enough al'tei her unusual experience to get angry about it and to ?ue for $10,000 damages. The defendant is Dr. Charles L. Ill, head of the surgical staff o' St. Marfin's Hospital of that city. He is one of the most famous surgeons in the country. He perfomed an operation upon <Mrs. Ginther in 1910 and sutured up his incision, it is alleged, without making sure that all the surgical dressings had been remove! by his attendants. To be sure, Mrs. Ginther didn't know she was carrying the napkin about with her until two months ago. Who would? It is scarcely to be supposed that, knowing slie was toting about a foot length of linen, internally, she would let it remain where it was. Hut. she decided. after findincr it aid getting over her first feeling?of amazement?that slie had suffered $10,0 00 worth of serious discoir fort. it was a gravo operation that was performed upon Mrs. Ginther in 1010. l)r. Ill was assisted by several of the sister-nurses of St. Martin's,, who are noted for their skill and carefulness. The operation was a success r?nd after a few weeks in tho hospital Mrs. Ginther was able to return to her home at No. 55 Cottage placo in better health than sho haa been for years. Sho was perfectly well until tho latter part of last July, when an apparently trifling eruption appeared upon her skin, close to the scar left by the incision through which tho operation had been performed. She did not pay very much attention to this until one day she saw a hit of lint protruding from the end of the old incision. She pulled this out and was surprised beyond belief when it grew to an inch, two 1 /ill /\c? t /\ ii m I /ill /\n r\ ?i 1 #( n n tlir n f irt\ iiii/iKJD, i u in intiii o auu liiiauj w inches in length. Then she was afraid to go any further with the linen, and hurried back to St. Martin's wnere she showed the strange souvenir to Dr. 111. He used the knife again and withdrew the rest of the napkin, it was intact, even to the red embroidered laundry mark. Mrs. Ginther recovered from the shock and pain of the second operation within a few days. But she felt that sho had gone through much unnecessary inconvenience, and so? she sued. It is not charged in her complaint that Dr. Ill personally was responsible for the napkin being sewed vip-^ within the woman's mile, but since he was in charge of the operation, he is blamed for the queer accident. The record-chart of trie operation,, examined at St. Martin's, shows that ho nurses reported thwy had removed' every dressing inacea in tne incision. Physicians said that probably no permanent harm h.?d been done toMrs. CJinther by the presence or the big piece of linen. ? YOUNG GIRfj SAVKS A TRAfN. + Prevents Wreck by Finding Mass of Rock on Track. , Miss Peulah Chandler, 18, prevented llio wrecking of Norfolk & Weston: Passenger train No. 1 when sho discovered tons of rock on the track at a curve near Rhierord, W. V., Wednesday. Sho was walking near the spot and heard the train approaching. She took off her apron ra* down the track ana flagged the train which ran up to and touched the side of rock. Passengers cheered her and took up a largo collection for her. Norfolk & Western officials took her name and cue will be rewaided by them also. MASTODON SKRIiliTTOiN FOUND. One Tooth Unearthed in Ontario Weighs Four PoumlN. The skeleton of a mastodon has> been found by Penman Mawiey, near M.'lahide, Out. The Rones have not .? I l .1 ?..i A nil : t ?u iinn wiik uut ,vi'i, i in' nuH uicagur* five feet in length. The vertebre joints are as big as a small sized frying pan. The upright bones from the- vertebrae joints measure from eight inches to 10 inglies in length. Om tooth has been unearthed which weighed four pounds and is 1 1 inches aiound. The skeleton was found on the banks of a ravine. This seems to be the largest skeleton ever discovered anywhere. + l>ropped Dead at Depot. At Sumter, Mrs. Minty Thomas, of that city, dropped dead at tho passenger station Thursday, when, after walking rapidly there, she found her tain pulling out Just as she arri\ed. Mrs. Thomas was originally from Marlboro County and had been living in that city for about six years. ? ? First Victim of the Season. At Merrill, Wis., Joseph Lincoln* Va* Rosson aged 14, who was kicked in the head while playing footballa week ago, died Wednesday.