The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 15, 1898, Image 7
The Empress of Austria
k erland, by an it
in nil mi in
The President Appoints a Committe
the Conduct of the Commissai
Bureaus of the War Departm
Aspecial from Geneva. Switzerland,
of September 10, says: The Empress of
Austria was assassinated this afternoon.
It appears that Her Majesty was walking
from her hotel to the landing
place of the steamer at about 1 o'clock,
when an Italian anarchist named Lucchoni,
who who w as born in Paris, of
Italian pareuts, suddenly approached
and stabbed her to the heart. The Em
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press fell, got up again ana was carrica
to the steamer, unconscious. The boat
started, but seeing the Empress had
not recovered consciousness, the captaiu
returned and the Empress was carried
to the Hotel Keaurivage, where
she expired.
Another account of th9 assassination
of the Empress of Austria, says: "Alter
haviug been stabbed from behind,
the Empress rose and walked on board
the steamer, where she fell, fainting.
The captain did not wish to put off irom
the quay, but did so at the request of
the Empress and her suite, there being
no apprehensiou that she was seriously
h*rt. The steamer was turned back before
reaching the opeu lake, mid the
Empress, unconscious, was carried to
the hotel on a stretcher. After striking
the blow the assassin rau along the
Kuo des Alps, with tho evident luteu
tion of entering the Square des Alpes
but before reaching it he was seized by'
iwo caomen, wuu iiuu wuucsacu > uv
crime. The}* handed him over to a boatman
and a gendarme, who conveyed
him to the police station. The prisoner
made no resistance. He even sang
as he walked along, saying: 'I did
it,' and 'she must be dead.' At
the police station he declared that
he was a 'starving anarchist with
no hatred for the poor, bat only for
the rich.' Later, when taken to the
. court house and interrogated by the
magistrate, in the presence of three
' % members of the iocal government and
the police officials, he pretended not to i
know French and refused to answer |
questions. The police, on searching I
V. fnnn/l a .1 n*?titv>onf nliowincr his I
came to be Lugi Laochini, born in
Paris in 1873. an Italian soldier. He
will be tried according to the canton
in which the crime was committed,
which forbid capital punishment and
make life impi-isouineut the most severe
penalty that cau be imposed. Tho
.President of Switzerland and other
members of the government were stunned
with horror and grief when the
news reached the j alace that the Em-1
press, so beloved by all Europeans, I
had fallen a victim to an assassin within
the borders of their country.
The Federal authorities had been informed
of the visit of the Empress, and
they notified the Governors of the cuutons
the Empress expected to visit, in
structing them to take special poiico
measures for her comfort uud safety,
if it appeared necessary They were
not informed of Her Majesty's intention
to visit Geneva, nor wore the officials
aware of her presence, as she
was traveling incognito. The police
are not blamed, though the circumstances
responsible for the lack of precautions
are widely regretted.
All 3witzeriaud is profundly stirred
with sorrow and ludignation. The
papers of all cities have printed extras
xpresssing horror of the crime.
The Empress of Austria was born
December 24, 1837. She was a daughter
of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, and
was married to Francis Joseph, Emperor
of Austria and King of Hungary,
April 24, 1854. They had three
children, the Archduchess Gisola, who
is married to Prinoe Luitpold of Ba aria,
the Archduke Rudolph, who
married Princess Stephanie of Belgium,
and who was (seemingly) assassinated
in 18SD, and the Archduchess Maria
Valeria, who married the Archduke
Franz Salvator of Austria Tuscany.
The lute Empress was an enthusiastic
horsewoman.
At Ha>ana's Gates.
A special from Havana says: Ten
thousand insurgents under the command
of General Huyia Roderiguez
aud (ieucral L>iaz have surrendered
Havana aud will attempt to enter the
citv during tne stay of American peace
commissioners. There aro with them
many reconceutradoes who are suffer3ul'
with huuirer. Thus far they have
remained several miles from the
Spanish liues and have threatened
no demonstration, but persons in
ait'itortty fear serious trouble will resit
t if they attempt to enter Havana.
I i;v uiMiruvi:!*. uowever. ueciare
that then coming i* with no warlike inloo.
it.ev t:nnk thoy should be
n'J' Wfii t'i cuter ) eaceably.
Archives Shipped to Spain.
^ A special from Havana says the ?ntire
archives from the military governor's
palace were delivered to
lighters and convoyed to the Spanish
mail steamer Ciudad de Cadiz, which
sailed for Spain recently. Similar
preparations are being made for early
departure iu every branch of the government.
Every time a circus comes to town,
all the local band men want to join the
bnr.U.
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ent- $32,000 Gold Nugget.
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Men and Women Weeping in the Streets, e
The news of the assassination of the i;
Queen of Hungary and Empress of
Austria was received with constema- t
tion at Budapesth, Hungary. Men and t
women were seen weeping in the r
streets. Everywhere mourning banners r
are displayed. Emperor Franz Joseph
received the news at Schoenbrunn.
His Majesty's journey to attend the
manouvres at Zips, Hungary, Was e
abandoned. f
THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE. t
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Complete List of Those ASked to Serve c
Col. Dan Lamont One of the Number.
The President has urged the follow- 2
ing named gentlemen, among others,
| to accept a place on the committee re
1 quested by Secretary Alger to investi- ^
! gate the conduct of the war: General e
I John M. Schotield, Gen. John B. J
I Gordon, Gen. Grautield AI. Dodge, ^
. ['resident D. C. Gilman, Gen. Charles
i F. .Mauderson, Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln, Hon. i>aniel S. Larnont, Dr. c
\V. VV. Keen and James A. Sexton.
The message which President .uc
Kinley addressed to each of these fol- j
lows: "Will you render the country a H
j great service by accepting appointment ^
i as a member ot the committee to exam!
iue into the conduct of the coinmis1
sarv, quartermaster ami medical bureaus
of the war department during the
war, and into the extent, causes and
treatment of sickness in the held and I
in the camps? ft is my desire that the *
fuil and exact truth shall be ascertained and
made known. 1 cannot too strong- ly
impress upon you mv earnest wish a
that this committee shall be of such 4
high character as will command the 4
complete confidence of the country, J
and I trust you will consent to serve. *
(Signed) William Mckinley.
General John B. Gordon has declin- *
ed to serve on thecommission requested T
by Seoretary Alger to investigate the 1
conduct of the Spanish-American war,
| giving as his reason his unstable health.
Khalifa's Force Meets Warm Reception. e
j A special from Omdurman says that j
Khalifa Abdullan a few days before the r
1 arrival of the Anglo-Egyption army f
j heard that a force of white men occn- 1
| pied Fashoda, a town on the west bank
I of the White Nile, four hundred miles 1
south of Khartoum. The Khalifa im- 1
mediately sent two steamers to inves- 1
tigate the report. Ouoof them returned
aud surrendered to Gen. Kitchener.
The commander of the steamer
reported that on his arrival at ]
Fashoda he found that the place <
was occupied by a force of whites, i
| The latter opened a heavy fire on the <
J steamer, which narrowly escaped being <
| annihilated, the crew-losing many kill- 1
' yd and wounded. Many bullets were i
j embedded in the hull of the steamer, i
: It seems to be certain that the whites
' at Kanboda are a fcce of French troops,
j The British commander will 6end a
i flotilla of gunboats up the. White Nile i
to investigate the affair. The Anglo- ,
Egyptian cavalry has captured the <
principal wife of the Khalifa, the ,
mother of Osmau Digma and Sheik (
Eddin. They were found in extreme ]
destitution on the left bauk of the Nile. ]
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$32,000 Gold Nugget.
A Special from Vancouver, B. C.,
says: Australian advices received here
on the steamer Miowera say an im- i
mense sensation has been created all <
over Australia by the disoovery near i
Lake Wynne, of a gold nugget weigh- <
ing 115 pounds and valued at $32,000. t
The Protocol Adopted. 1
A Soecial from Madrid says the Sen
ate has adopted the Hispano-American
J protoool by a sitting and standing vote.
Fusion in Colorado. I
Fusion between the Democrats, Fop- (
ulists and the Teller branch of the sil- ;
ver Republicans was arranged at Colo- i
rado Springs recently. After a strug.
gle lasting 3<! hours between the conference
committees of the three parties an
agreement was reached by which the
offices were apportioned between the 1
parties. The Democrats received the 1
governorship.
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The Government's Report.
The returns for cotton to the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture
indicates an averuge condition of 78.8
on September 1, as compared with 91.2 :
on August 1st, a decline of 11 points 1
during the month. <(
Roosevelt Accepts.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt authorized ,
Via ?nnnnni>flment that he will accept
the nominaiton for Governor of New 1
York, should it be tendered to him by
the convention of the party to be held 1
at Saratoga. 1
Schooner Wrecked. j
A Bpecial from Planter, Fla., says: <
The schooner Belle, from Indiau river, <
Captain Powell, was caught in a gale <
off Key Largo and driven on the reef. 1
The oaptain and crow are supposed to 1
be lost I
PINEHURST FARM.
he Only Tea Farm of Large Propotions in
America.
Some interesting facts were brought
ut a short time ago in an interview
rith Mr. Auld. of Summervile, in conlection
with the celebrated tea farm at
'iuehurst, near that place. Mr. Auld,
rho has the honor ot hemp: the inana:er,
under Prof. Shepard's direction,
if the only tea farm of large proporions
in America, is a man of ripeexpeleuce
in all that appertains to the culure
of tea, and liis opinion regarding
ts adaptability to certain soils may
onsequently be deemed authoritative,
dr. Anld gave it as his opinion that our
oast soil at ami near McClellanville
ras well suited to the tea plan*, but
hat the best results were achieved on a
ich, moist soil, such as that of welltrained,
high swamp lauds. Such
amis as the last named are to be had
>v the thousands of acres in the neighlorbood
of this place. That tea can be
uccesfullv raised and cured in South
"arolina, that American teas possess a
erv superior flavor and, linallv, that
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110 C08I OI prOUUClLlg u I'uuiiu ui
ea is sufficiently low to insure good
:rolits to the grower, are facts that
lave been clearly demonstrated by that
uoueer of American tea growers and
luiueut scientist, Dr. Sbepurd, of Pinelurst
farm, Mummerville. From t?0 to
U acres of flourishing tea plauts. yieldng
annually several thousand poundsof
iue tea. attest the success of tea culuro
at Pinsburst.?Suuimerville Corespondent,
Cnarlestou .News and Couier.
Improvements at Converse College.
Ground was broken recently for the
irection of a splendid new auditorium
or Couverse t oilege to cost $14,001).
L'he old wooden dwelling just east of
be main building has been torn away,
md the new structure will cover part
if its present site, extending to within
15 feet of the main building. The aulieuce
room will comfortably seat
besides an orchestra on the rosrum.
.Inst back of the audience room
rill be 2(1 music rooms. These will acommodate
21 pianos, which they now
lave, and leave ample room for violins,
itc., and for practice. The building
.. II U a aa>m?.1a4a/1 k*t Innnorr 1 ct
?111 tUUl|)10lCU uy Mttuuui ?
during the summer the main building
ius been repainted, giving it an linposng
brick and granite appearance. The
ntire inside has also been given afresh
oat of paint, 'lhe library has beeu
uoved into the left wing of the buildng
and there given spacious quarters,
fere one wiil tiud 4,000 most carefully
elected volumes. The books are all
iew, and there is not a useless one
imong them.
A Wonderful Pistol Shot.
The danger of the careless use of a
>istol is illustrated in a recent occurence
in Anderson county. Ludwig
s'orman was in the road leading from
fnderson to Belton; he drew his pistol
tnd fired in the air; the bull in its de:ent
struck Orange Guyton,colored, on
lis upper lip, passed through
lis mouth into his throat, and was
ound during a "post-mortem" examilation
in Guyton's stomach. Two of
11s front teetli and a part of his jaw
rere knocked out, but his tongue was
lot cut through.
A Daring Robberry.
One of the most daring robberries
iver known in Sumter was committed
ecently, the victim being Col. J. D.
Jlanding. After Col. HIanding bad
etiredfor the night some miscreant efected
an entrauce to his room and
nude off with all of the wearing apparel
be could get hold of and a very val
lable gold watch. Col. Blandiug did
lot know of the robbery until next
norning.
Negro Comict killed.
A negro convict belonging to A. T.
N'ewell, who resides a few miles north
if Anderson, met death in a peculiar
vay. He was driving a team which became
frightened at a bicycle, and in his
iffurt to restrain it the negro was bit in
be breast by a Hying plank, causing
nternal injuries, resulting in beatb in
i few hours.
Theodore Godfrey killed
Private Theodore Godfrey, of Captain
Anderson's battery of heavy artillery,
.vas shot down by a negro kDown as
"Cracker Henry" at thecornerof King
ind Henry streets in Charleston recently.
The shooting seems to have
seen done in cold blood, and, as may
jo supposed, created a profound sensa;ion
throughout the city.
New Professor at Clemson.
The department of engineering and
nechanic arts has been placed in
charge of Mr. Wm. Boehem. who has
recently been elected professor of mechanical
and electrical engineering to
rncceed Chief Engineer Worthington,
who has been recalled by the govern- i
xient.
Will Send a Delegation.
Realizing the great benefit to be derived
from a united action of cotton
jrowers in the South, Hampton county
will send a delegation to the Cotton
Growers Convention, at Columbia,on
September 20, in compliance with the
request of President J. C. Wilborn.
A New School House.
A school house will be erected at
Hyatt Park, a suburb of Columbia, in
the interest ot tne cnnaren woo lire in
that vicinity.; It will cost 81,000, and
will he a building that will add to the
attract'*-*aess of the rapidly improving
pillage.
Electric Power Plant SoM.
The Aetna Light and Power Company
was sold at public auction in Spartanburg
recently. Tt? nrice paid was
501,040.
Palmetto Notes.
The taxable property in Charleston
has increased 8500,000 during the past
twelve mouths.
The firemen's tournament at Florence
was a grand success, and will long be
remembered by those who attended.
Merchants of Jonesboro are getting
in their bagging and ties and the public
;ins getting readv for the cotton. The
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30tton crop, nowever. nas ueeu cnrsiujrably
damaged by the continned wet
weather. Merchauts ate getting in
large supplies of fall goods which shows
that they are hopeful uf a food trade.
?[ Mil Kit
Nearly 70,000 Bales Larger Than
Last Year,
THE STATE BRINGS SUIT.
Charleston Sends a Commission to Porto
Rico Gold Found in Newberry Carried
60,000 Passengers.
Mr. R. A. Travel, the efficient and
courteous superintendent of -the Charleston
Exchange, has furnished the following
statement of the receipts, exports
and stocks of cotton at that port
for the past year: Net receipt to August
81, 402,408 bales upland, 10,154
bags sea island; total 472,502. Previously
counted m Savannah 1,134
bags sea island. Stock August 31,
1S07, 507 bales upland, 727 sea island;
1 JOl! ^ irnoa rapoi nf Q 07T b&lfiS
upland, 12,215 bags sea island; total
475,192. Tlio exports were as follows:
Great Britian, 77,058 bales upland,
7,032 bags sea island; tot?H44,740. Continent,
235,135 bales upland, 1,442 sea
island; total 230,597. Coastwise. 144,157
bales upland, 2,402 sea island; total
140,019. Interior by rail, 200 bales upland.
City Mills, 8,411 bales upland.
Stock August 31, 1898, 2,390 upland,
1,229 bags sea island; total 3,625. The
receipts are 69,236 bales in exceRs of
those of the previous year.
The State Brings Suit.
The State board of fertilizer oontrol
made its first move at Charleston re
CULlliy til a imuO|<uaiowu)/uuiuo
charged with sellingfe 'llizors that did
notineasure up to the required standard.
Warrants were sworn out against
President W. B. Chisolm and Secretary
Robert <i. Chisolm, of the Berkeley
Chemical company, one of the five companies
which theClemson board alleges
have violated the law. Bond was fixed
and the case went over to next term of
court. It is understood that the Berkeley
people claim that only a small
amount of the deficient article went on
the market, and that that got out without
the knowledge or consent of the
company, the brand in question being
the Ashley. The board has no evidence
to contradictthis.but they are confident
that tne record is sufficient to secure a
conviction upon. The analysis shows
a shortage in this case of 3 per cent,
or SI. 15 to the ton.
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Gold in Newberry.
Newberry has not a real Klondike
within her borders, but gold dust does
exist in some sections. Mr, Monroe
M. Harris has prospected recently in
Township No. (J, and found gold, but
not in paying auantities. Gold has
been known to exist therefor fiftyears.
He secured some specimen pieces of
ore for Government assay, and-will return
later and make a more thorough
seach for some more of the precious
ore. iron also is found to some extent
in the same section. Mr. Harris spent
twenty-tive years in South America in
mining operations, and aiso has considerable
experience in tbo same line on
the Pacific slope. He returned to Newberrv
last year, after an absence of
about thirty years from his old home.
Off For Porto RicoCharleston
business men have sent a
commission to Porto Ricn to mako a
careful survey of trade conditions, and
upon their report will largely rest the
fata of a line of steamers from there to
I'orto Kico. There is a strong sentiment
iu Charleston in favor of a steamship
line to this splendid island that
has so recently come under the government
of the United States, and while
there there are not yet any men who
will come out and start the movement
thpie are many who are ready to follow
anybody's lead in that direction.
Newberry's Canning ndustry.
The Tomato crop is almost a total
failure in the Newberry section, and
the canning of the vegetable is very
limited. The bountiful fruit crop, however,
has enabled the canneries to "put
up" large quantities of peaches.
The Prosperity canning company
has put up 60,000 cans. Mr. John Cousins
has a cannery on his farm, and has
put up 0,000 cans so far.
Candidates in the Second Primary.
The following is a list of the candidates
for the State offices that will be
in the second primaries: For Governor,
Ellerbeand Featherstone; for Adjutant
Goneral, Floyd and Ulythe; for
Secretary of State, Tompkins and
Cooper; for ltailroad Commissioner,
n~ TkAmoo* frw Sfofo Ssnnarin
uurnc iiuu Aw* v.r-w*
tendent of Education; MaMahn and
Brown.
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Wayne Gamble Loses His Mind.
Magistrate Wells was notified recently
tbat Mr. W. Gamble, of the Jordan
neighborhood. a few miles from fcumter,
hcu gone crazy and was terrorizing
the whf ie community. He had armed
himself with a Winchester riflle and a
revolve:' and was threatening everybody
that he came across. Magistrate
Wells notified Sheriff Pierson, and he
with Deputy Gaillard went out and
brought. Vlr. Gamble to the city and
had hitu confined in the jail.
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Committed to Jail.
John Jackson and Tom Green, conn,
forfeit ers, were turned over to United
States Commissioner Jenning, at Columbia.
recently, who committed them
to jaii to await the trial at the next
term of Pnited States court
It i* fortunatp that the regular soldiers
of the United States have been
traln-d to-encounter the American Indian.
who. in the line of bush fighting,
has not his superior In the world; who
invented a smoke signal system of his
own and who adopted the looking-glass
or heliograph code before our army did;
who in the matter of following a trail
or concealing one has never been surpassed;
who will bury himself in the
sa..d and with a bunch of dried grass
tied to his head lie still for hours and
p; < tor part of the surrounding vegei
:s.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
TTotliinflnn Itoirin.
?la4e ^epertment officials discredit the
I Tenor! t'-nt rn'rmnn wnr?hlps are preoari
in? to t->;v-o possession of one or more of
. the Philippine Island.?.
rommissioner of Internal Revenue Scott:
I dee' lod that eaoitnl. including surplus of
I Panics. Invested in Government bonds to
secure deposits is taxable under the new
lnw.
j Tim American ease for presentation to
1 ttm Pence Corp mi ?a inn nr Paris, France. is
i being prepared by the State Department.
Tim Morcran-Plympton Comnanvot Hartford
W(i5 tlm lowest bidden for mpplylng
stnmned envelopes to tho Post Office Department.
fWetnrv Alger annonnoed that he
would make a tour of the various Army
camps.
President and Mrs. MeKinley. Assistant
Senretarv Cortolvon and William McKinlev
Barber. the Fr??iden?'s nephew, returned
to Washington Tuesday morning in their
special train, in whieh they have been
traveling since leaving Washington on
August 27. Tim PresMppt and Ills wife are
in good health and the former appears to
have been benefited by his brief outing.
The fleet of erotic whalers looked in the
lee of Point Harrow. Alaska, is again reported
crushed in the summer breaking up
of the fioes. \o lives are known to have
h?en lost. T'm Treasury Department is
n-ithout late advice- from the relief expeditiin
whieh it sent on the revenue cutter
I>ar early in the year.
Mr. Walter A. Donaldson, who was sent
to Cuba by the Treasury Department to
look after eustoms matters, reports having
collected $90,000.
The gunboat Bennington has been ordered
from .San Francisco to Samoa to make a
survey for coaling stations for the United
States, and will relieve the Concord at
Manila, which is to roturn and be docked.
Bids for a million pounds of smokeless
powder. to simply warship.", were opened
at the Navy Department.
Domestic.
Alonzo Grant, of Oxford, N. R,, was
shot and killed by Alphonso Smith, just
outside Grant's house, where Smith had
gone to persuade his wife to return home.
Smith afterward gave himself up to the
police.
Samuel Herring, twenty year? old, of
Jersey City, N. J., was killed by a collision
of two wagons while going at a rapid rate.
R. Heegil and Charles Keraph, also of Jersey
City, were severely injured.
The Eighth Regiment of Now York City
came home from Chickamauga. There
were many sick who were sent to hospital.
'PorrlKln AFl'aQ a t b <i r. 1 1\ I a In twawA
^ vi i4wiv c?vnw3 vi imiuoui^.-) iu tamp
told.
William Witt, Rudolph SchoendorfT and
Faul Lntour were burned to death in a lire
in a liquor store in New York City.
Corporal Edwards, of the Seventy-first,
New York City, supposed to be dead, was
found among fever-stricken patients on
hospital ship Shinnecock at Montauk, L. I.
John Snyder, a three-year-old child,
was killed in Now York City by whisky
that it drank from a bottle, carelessly left
within its reach.
Mary Mazlque died at Little Rock, Ark.
She was said to bo the largest colored woman
in the world. At one time she weighed
over 700 pounds, and at the time of her
death tipped the beam at 500 pounds. She
was thirty years of age. Her death was
the result of excessive accumulation of
adipose tissue.
The resignation of President Andrews
was accepted by the corporation of Brown
University, Providence, 11. I., and Benja
mfn F. Clark was elected Acting Fresldent.
Charles Weiss, employed bv minera'
water manufacturers of Now Ifork City?
was instantly ktlled and Otto Rausch, a
helper, was injured by the explosion of a
cylinder filled with charged soda water.
Fourteen ticket scalpers were fined $23
and costs each in Cincinnati, Ohio, under
the provisions of the ordinance recently
passed by the Common Council.
Antonio C. Repozo, a Portuguese employe
of ex-Lieutenant-Governor Wardell, was
hit on the head with a stone at Bristol, R.
I., by William Connery, a boy, whom he
had thrashed. Renozo died from lockjaw
caused by the blow. Connery was arrested.
A hurricane swept over St. Joseph, Mo,,
a few days ago. Damage amounting to
$120,000 was done.
A cordon of men was placed around a
cornfield near Mount Carmel Church, 111.,
to watch for suspected thieves. John
Perkv. the son of a prominent farmer, was
mistaken for one of the thieves and was
shot and killed.
Elsie and Meta Haven, sisters, of Chicago,
were both in love with Charles Burmeistcr
and could not agree which should marry
him. They decided to commit suicide, and
chose carholio acid, but when Meta saw
Elsie's death agony she refused to keep her
promise. Elsie died.
A few weeks ago Mary Wesley, aged
thirteen, daughter of a coal miner at
Hopedale, Ohio, disappeared. A few days
ago she was found dead in a lonely ravine,
and with her skull crushed. John Carson
Dubbs, aged seventeen, a half-witted
tramp, was arrested and confessed the
crime.
Herbert E. H. Brayton, twenty-four
years old, of Fall River, Mass., committed
suicide by taking poison and then jumping
from a wharf. He had been in love with a
Providence (R. I.) girl, and it is supposed
that this had something to do with the
nffalr
Daniel Maurier, flfty-flve years old, an
excursionist from Strasburg, Penn., was
killed by jumping from a rapidly moving
trolley car at Atlantic City, N. J., Sunday.
He struck the pavement on his head and
died almost instantly.
W. G. McDonald, a Republican politician,
was shot and instantly killed two miles
east ofTaloga. Oklahoma, by Ed. McHaffle.
They had not been friends for some time.
Three masked robbers entered the residence
of Jwmes S. Bidwell, at New Hamburg,
Penn., and tortured him and his
wife by holding lighted lamp9 to their feet
in order to force them to divulge the hiding
place of their money. They secured nothing.
Bidwell was seriously "injured.
M. B. Marvin, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Constable
Macken, of Lowiston, were drowned
in the Niagara River at Lewi9ton. The
men were in a small skiff, and, despite
warnings from the shore, rowed up the j
river until they were caugni in me oomng
water of Niagara's rapids. Their boat was
soon upset and despite efforts to save them
both men went down.
The third and last section of Boston's
new subway has been formally opened tb
travel. The actual length of the subway Is
one and one-half mlle9, with a trackage of
five miles, and the total cost is nearly
#6,000,000.
The Rev. James Stephenson, of Jamestown,
Ohio, dropped dead from heart
trouble In his pulpit Sunday morning at
the beg'nuing of his sermon.
Charles Thatcher and John Trudewind,
both of Phillipsburg, N. Y., went to Asbury
after peaches. They boarded a freight
train to return home and an axle of a car
hrnlra />nn?incr a had roraat Trndftwind
was caught under a car and instantly
killed. Thatcher was pinned under another
car and was fatally ininred.
George Thomas, a thirteen-year-old lad,
shot and killed his father, Franlf Thomas,
at Carthagena, Aln. The father ^oame
angered at his wife. Securing a shotgun
he threaten?d to kill her. The woman ran
for her life. The father put down the gun
in order that he might run without hindrance.
The son plct-M uo weapon
and shot his father deau.
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HOT WAVE VANISHES.
Disappeared In a Cyclone That Canted
Death and Destruction.
Net Yop.k City (Special).?The fierce
henteil term of eicjht day.", which killed
over two hundred people in New York,
came to an end Wednesday afternoon. It
ended with a cyclone that carried death
with it.
The temperature fell eighteen decrees fa
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eleven minutes alter cue storm oronn. it
came from the southwest, and the wind
blew seventy-two miles an hour.
The cyclone hurled down 40") feet of a
new iron pier which wa? building near the
foot of West Twelfth street. Samuel Patterson
and John Leonard were billed, a
third cannot recover, and eleven others
were Injured. There were 131 men employed
on the pier and many of them saved
themselves by jumping into the river.
Two children were killed hv the blowing
down of a house in Jersev City. Five carpenters
at work in Brooklyn were hurttwo
fatally. Several persons in New York
were Injured by falling signs and skylights.
The 9torm was general, and reports from
various parts of the country show a great
amount of damage.
The storm played havoc at the New Jersey
State Fair. When a great black eioud
appeared in the west and came rapidly east
the ten thousand people in Waveriy Park
-ran for shelter in the buildings and big s
tents. But hundreds wore caught by the
storm, which swept across the grounds like
a tornado.
The gale carried President Tompkins's
new tent on "Governor's Hill"up in the air
like n balloon. Next to go was the great
horticultural tent. Several hundred men.
women and children were under it when a
llerco blast levelled it to the ground.
Three Men Killed In Pennsylvania.
Towaxda, Penn. (Special). ?V terrific .
storm swept over Springfield Township,
killing William Drace, C. M. Comfort and
F. A. Voorheis. Six horses and fourteen
cows were nlso killed and a number oI
barns and outbuildings destroyed.
MOSLEMS RIOT IN CRETE.
Knglish Control Causes Fighting Between
Troops and Massulman*.
Caxdia, Island of Crete (By Cable).?
Trouble between the Mussulmans, who
were demonstrating against European
control and the British authorities, culminated
Tuesday in bloody lighting between
the Mussulmans and the British
troops. Riots took place in various parts
of the city and many have been killed.
When the outbreak was fiercest a war
ship stationed in the harbor began tiring
shells, with the result that a portion of the
city is in flames.
The trouble began with the attempt of
the British military authorities to install
Christian officials. They had appointed a
Council of International Control to administer
thetithe revenues, and a detachment
of soldiers was stationed outside the,
office as a precaution.
A crowd of unarmed Mussulmans attempted
to force an entrance into the office.
The British soldiers ilred and wounded
several. The Mussulmans ran for their
arms, and. returning, attacked the soldiers.
The total casualties, so far as known,
are twenty killed and flfty wounded.
The British Vice-Consul, Mr. Calocherfnr>
mna burned to death ia his house.
The Turks set Are to the whole town.
The only warship here at the time cf the
outbreak was the British gunboat Hazard,
which landed a party of marines to assist
the one hundred and thirty British troops.
CENERAL WHEELER'S SON {DROWNED.
rite Naval Cadet and Liontenitu., Kirkpatrirk
Perish at Camp WikofT.
Camp Wikoff, Montauk, L. I. (Special).?
Thomas H. Wheeler, son of General Joseph
Wheeler, and Second Lieutenant Newton
D. Kirkpatrick, First Cavalry, were drowned
while bathing here Wednesday afternoon,
i'oung Wheeler was a Naval Cadet in his
second year. He was seventeen years of!
age, was a flne young fellow and had made
a host of friends.
Together with Lieutenant Kirkpatrlclc,
a'hooioii nrnnt tlm beach to eDioV the
surf bathing. The surf rau high and the
undertow was strong. So one saw the
young men drown, and it was not until
about 6 o'clock that they were missed.
Their clothes were found'a short distance
from General Wheeler's tent, close to the
water.
Of theaccident General Wheeler has nothing
to say. His three daughters, two of
whom have been acting as nurses in the
general hospital and the other as a nnrse in
the Detention Hospital, are with him, griefstricken.
Lieutenant Kirkpatrick was from Tirr
ginia. He was appointed second lieutenant
on J[une 12,1896.
The bodies were washed upon the beach
near where the accideut happened.
HOW DID PARRETT DIE?
.Secretary Alger tVlres General Sliafler to
Hold a Court-Martial.
Washington,D. C. (Special).?Secretary
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01 VY ar AI?t7I lo unwiuuuvu %w
out the decision he has nnnounced to hold
field officers responsible for the condition
of their men in the case of Private Hugh
Parrett, who was reported to have perished
In his tent at Montuuk, L. I., lucking
medical attendance.
Secretary Alger several days ago called
upon the commanding officer at Camp
Wikoff for a report on this sui>'uct, und on
Wednesday he sent a peremptory order to
General Shatter by tglegraph to create a
court of inquiry to instigate the cai?, or,
if the facts warranted it, to shorten the
proceedings by at onco ordering a courtmartial
for the officer responsible for Parrett's
lack of attention.
EXIT LI HUNC CHANG.
The Great Chinaman Sacrificed to the
Exigencies of European rolitic*.
Pekix, China (By Cable). Li Hung
Chang has been dismissed from power.
Presumably this was doue in accordance
with the demand which it is rumored the
British Minister here, Sir Claude M.
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count of the alleged general partiality
of the great Chinaman to Russia, calminating
in Great Britain being deprived
of the contract for the PekingHankow
Railroad by giving the RussoChinesc
Bank financial control of the road.
Li Hung Chang's dismissal from power
is another proof of the existence of a new
understanding between Great Britain and
Russia as to China.
Powers Keply to the Ciar.
Almost all the European Powers have
sent formal replies to the circular of Czar
Nicholas of Russia, and it is now regarded
I ' a.U.r? /Hflflrmumonf AnnCPMH
as certain iuat uo mxuuwuv.. -
will meet in St. Petersburg in November.
Criticism of Alger Kesented.
In the course of the Grand Army of the
Republic campflre nt Music Hall, Cincinnati,
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, was
hissed and hooted oif the stage, because of
his criticism of the management by Alger
of the Spanish war. There was a groat
disturbance.
Heavy Punishment For a Private.
Private A. D. Kinney, of the First Mississippi,
who attempted to assassinate Colonel
Govan of that regiment, has been tried before
court martial at C'nattanooga, Touu.
The evidence was conclusive ana ids sentence
is Ave years in prison.
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