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AN UMPIRE SLAIN.
Fatal Outcome Of a Baseball Game
Played at Darlington, S. G.

Fatal Outcome Of Baseball Game
Played at Darlington, S. @.
A terrible tragedy has been enacted on the
baseball ground in the little town of Darl-
ington, S. c., just across the North Carolina
line. William Marshall, a clever young man,
the son Of Captain Joseph T. Marshall, Of
Wadesboro, was killed, his slayer being Leon
Dargan, seventeen years old, the son Of
George W. Dnrgan, Congressman from the
Sixth Congressional District of South Caro-
lima. The game was being played by the
Darlington team against the Wadesboro
team, and was umpired by William Marshall,
of Wadesboro and q member Of the home
team. ."
At the end of the eighth inning Wadesboro
was in the lead by score of eight to four.
One Of the Darlington men in attempting to
steal third base was decided out by the up-
pire. There was great hubbub all over the
field, accompanied by threats Of violence. A
dispute followed and during the excitement
young Dargan, Darlington's shortstop.
rushed I'D with heavy bat in his hand and
with mighty blow on the side of the head
felled Umpire Marshall to the ground like
log. Pistols, knives and bats were drawn and
q general riot seemed imminent. Young
Marshall lay senseless on the ground with
blood freely oozing from his mouth, nostrils
and ears. Only by the greatest e1ertion was
q bloody riot prevented. Marshall was carried
home and every attention given to him, but
he died Dargan has been arrested.
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a. BANKRUPTCY LAW,

A National Convention of Merchants
Adopts Comprehensive Measure.
The most important business of the ma
tional convention of the representatives of the
commercial bodies of the United States,
which has been in session at Minneapolis, was
the adoption Of a draft of National Bank
ruptcy law for presentation to Congress.
The measure is very plain and full and
confers jurisdiction in bankruptcy upon the
District Courts Of the United States. It pro-
vides for the appointment of referee in Or
der that the providential delays Of the law
may be obviated and the business Of tho
courts expeditiously transacted. The judge
o. referee is to have salary of $4,000, and
permission to undertake certain kinds of
private practice He is to be nominated by
the creditors, and the bankrupt is to be ex-
amined by the U. S. District Attorney at the
first meeting of the creditors and again prior
to his discharge.
Persons guilty Of commercial dishonor, or
who have defaulted upon commercial paper
OF open accounts for sixty days, may be forced
into bankruptcy. Fraudulent pretenses are
forbidden, valid liens created and good faith
protected. The bankrupt will be discharged,
irrespective Of the dividend his estate pays,
il he can show faultless record and clean
hands,
1t is an important and far-reaching meas
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Melvin Garlitz Hanged.

Melvin e. Garlitz has been hanged at
Cumberland, Nd, for the murder Of his
wife. He showed mo signs Of fear on the
scaffold and died without extraordinary
struggling.
Garlitz made statement on the night be-
fore his execution as follows: II desire to
express my gratifled appreciation of the
treatment of the Sheriff and his family to
me while in Jail; also the constant and con-
siderate attention of the guards. 1 would
like to have seen my little daughter before
died and to be buried beside my wife, but
my father-in-law refused both requests l
die without any malice in my heart toward
any person"
Garlitzs crime was most atrocious one.
On March 26 last, he shot his wife five times
ON the streets Of Cumberland, Md. he held
the weapon so close to his victim that tho
dress caught fire. Garltz put out the fire be-
fore he escaped to Martinsburg, W. Va. He
was arrested that night. His trial lasted
eight days. the jury bringing in a verdict Of
guilty Of murder In the first degree. He ap-
pealed, but the decision was sustained by the
Court Of Appeals.
Garlitz eloped with his victim, Leah Eva
White, beautiful girl. They were married
in Pennsylvania, but their married life did
not prove happy, and separation followed:
Garlitz accused his wife of infidelity, and
claims that upon her forced admission he
shot her down.
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20 BUILD NEW SHIPS.
The Naval Secretary Will Recommend
Putting Plants in All Navy Yards.

The Naval Secretary Will lhecorn1nehu
Putting Plants in All Navy Yards.
1T is generally expected at the Navy De-
partment that General Tracy will recommend
in his annual report to Congress an appropr1-
alton of about $780, 900 for putting ship
building plants into the navy yards. About
SlOO, 900 has already been spent at each OF the
wards at New York and Norfolk and
smaller sum at Mare Island, Cal, so that q
large share of the amount will go to Boston
and Portsmouth. About $50, 900 is the es-
innate for an effective plant, and probably
this sum will be spent at each OF the New
England yards if Congress approves the re-
commendation Of the Secretary of the Navy.
At Boston one of the ship houses Will proba-
bly, be fitted up for shipbuilding with travel
ing cranes, punches, shears, drills, bending
rolls and the other necessary machinery.
There would be special advantages in build
ing and repairing vessels at Boston because OF
the skilled mechanics who live there and the
close vicinity of machine shops and foundrles.
1t has been found difficult to get good iron
workers and carpenters to go South and
work because Of the lack of such amusements
and schools as they havein Boston and Phila-
delphia.
The policy of the Navy Department is to
have good plants available at all the leading
navy Yards, even though many Of the new
cruisers are built in private yards 10 have
wards under the direct control Of the Govern
ment is considered essential in war time, be
cause private contractors could not be relied
upon to make repairs, and they would have
the Government attheir mercy as to prices.
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A BRAVE DEED.
Engineer Meern's Perilous Journey1n
Flooded Mine.

Forty-five men were at work in. the Alle-
sheny mine, thirteen miles from Cumberland,
Md, when the wall between it and the ad-
Joining worked-out Boston and Atna
mine gave way. from pressure OF
water in the old mine. The water
flowed steadily in strong stream over four
feet in depth, and there were grave fears for
the men inside. Hours passed before any
relief could be given the prisoners and dur.
ing that time the scenes around the mouth OF
the pit were heartrending.
Finally the water subsided SO that an en-
trance could be gained, and 81. P. Meern, the
mining engineer Of the company, started
down in search of the imprisoned
men, none of the outsiders being
willing to make the venture. After
wading through water, against strong cur
rent up to his armpits for the distance OF
1900 feet, he came to group Of forty-three
men. who told him Of a man and boy i'm
orisoned in a distant room. No one would
20 to their relief, but the engineer
started on again, and finding the
two, he placed the boy on his shoulder and
bidding the man follow, turned back and
ioined the group. They seemed terrified
and without Judgment They declined to
90 forward, and did SO only after Meern
had taken the lead with the child
on his shoulder. Fortunately all escaped.
Meern's courage in entering the ruins, the
hope and encouragement he gave the en-
tombed employees when he met them, may be
Justly considered their salvation.
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OVER NIAGARA FALLS.
A Mans Trip in a Barrel Over the
Cataract


Cataract.
At last a man has taken the plunge with
Niagara's roaring torrent and emerged from
the chaos Of waters to tell the story OF the
foolhardy feat. The man is Carlisle D. Gra-
ham. a young cooper, who, with his barrel
SHAPED craft, has been before the public for
some time past, and the trip was made about
IA. H., in the presence of half hundred
The inside Of the barrel had been heavily
padded and straps put in 50 that the occupant
could secure himself. The barrel was towed
out into the river, and at 6:45 A. II. the
manhole was closed down and the
barrel was let go. In addition to the fasten-
ing on the inside, cross-bars were laid over
the top Of the manhole cover and fastened
with spring locks.
At 7:1O the barrel was seen to pass over
the falls about 200 feet from shore. For
a moment it was out Of sight.
Then it appeared few feet from the falls
and foated out into one of the strong eddies.
Elmer Jones an expert swimmer. was watch
ing, and as the craft swung around toward the
shore he plunged in and, catching one OF the
long ropes attached to the barrel, brought 1t
in to the rocks. At 7:35 the cover was taken
off and Graham lifted out in somewhat e1-
hausted condition.
As soon as he was sufficiently recovered he
was taken to his hotel, where he still remains
In bed. In describing his trip ne
saws the Whirlpool Rapids are moth
ing compared with this. Going
over the many lodges, which look so small
from the shore, is like dropping from a noun
tain. He thinks he was partially uncon-
scious when he went over the brink ALI ne
could realize was the going down and
down. There seemed to be no jar. ''But
the first thing I realized" said he,
''was something striking the barrel and call
ing out: Graham, are you alive? real
ized that I had not the strength to undo the
fastening on the inside, and SO I called out:
For Gods sake, break the barrel to
pieces and get me out as soon as you can.' !
have had all of Niagara I want and If
any one wants to go over the falls they are
welcome to it. 1 do not think ever want to
hear their roar again. Why, their noise is
something terrible. I do not know what :, l
shall do next, but shall not SO over the falls
apainn
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LATER NEWS.

THE Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
at Harrisburg, nominated Edward A. Bigler,
of Clearfeld County, for State Treasurer.
THE Massachusetts, Prohibitionists have
met at Worcester and nominated full State
ticket headed by John Blackman for Cover
nor.
OFFICER CAMPBELL, an Indianapolis po-
liceman, has been fatally shot by watchman
named Johns, who mistook him for burglar.
MICHAEL McNULTY, who gave important
information in the Cronin case, has been
threatened with murder if he persists in
testifying against Clan-na-Gael men. He is
guarded by the Chicago police, as are also
States Attorney Longenecker and others.
GREAT excitement prevails at st. Pierre,
South Dakota, over the third attempt within
a week to burn down the place. No great
damage has been done, but the people are
much excited.
THE British war ship Acorn, at San Fran
cisco, has been compelled to put to sea owing
to her numerous desertions. Five sailors
seized the steam cutter and escaped to shore.
WARREN POWERS, colored man of East
Point, Ga, has been lynched for assaulting
a little white school girl.
THE election in the Third Louisiana Con-
eressional District to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr.. Gay, resulted in vic
tory for A. Price (Dem.) by about 7200 ma
jority.
The President and Mrs. Harrison, DR..
Scott and Private Secretary Halford have
left Deer Park, Md, and have returned to
Washington.
The Department of State has been in
formed that Paraguay has appointed Senor
Don Alberto Min as delegate to the Inter-
national Congress.
HEAVY floods prevail at Tetecala, in the
State of Morelos, Mexico. Several lives have
been lost. A large bridge has been swept
away.
A FIERCE encounter has taken place near
Suakim between detachment Of friendly
tribes and body of Dervishes in which the
former were routed with terrible slaughter.
AT the session of the Trades Union Con-
gress at Dundee, Scotland, the census report
on the eight hour movement was presented,
showing 1929 for and e2,ssa against it.
A LONDON dock striker has been killed by
the police while obstructing the work of load
ing steamers.
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HE LOST HIS HEAD.
A Father Throws His Baby Out OF q
Window During a Fire.

A Father Throws His BABY OuC Oh
Window During Fire.
Fire was discovered about o'clock in the
morning in John Blanks's saloon and board
ing house, on Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago,
ILL.,. Fifteen boarders were asleep at the
time in rooms on the second floor, as were
Blanks and his wife and a two-year-old
daughter, and Mrs. Blanks's mother, aged
eighty.
When the fremen arrived they found the
boarders shouting for help, aud some OF them
were about to drop from the windows of their
rooms. Blanks, Just as the fremen arrived,
grabbed his child and, not knowing gs what the he
window to the crowd below. The child
struck on the sidewalk, and was picked up
unconscious and with broken bones and ter
rible bruises It was taken to physicians
house. A police officer safely rescued Mrs.
Blanks's mother. Some Of the boarders were
already partially overcome by smoke, and as
the fire was m aking swift headway they had
to be dragged from their beds. They were
all safely landed. The iecuniary loss is
pbollt SS00G -. -. -. .:.-,.-...
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ADv1cEs from Samoa state that King
Malietoa declines for the present to assume
the royal prerogative on the ground Of sick
ness, and that Mataafa still reigns.
THE Government proposal to endow q
Catholic university in ireland has caused
excitement in political circles in England and
Ireland
THERE is a bad harvest this year in
Montenegro and the people have to face the
prospect of famine.
OWING to the failure of the crops famine
nrevails in Maros- -Torda, Eastern Transyl-
vania.
PEK1N advices are that a number Of high
Chinese officials have petitioned Prince Chun
to have all Americans employed In China eX-
pelled from the Empire. 1t is stated that
Prince Chun consents.
THE British Parliament has been pro
rogued. The Queen in her speech to the
Lords said: "a conference held in Berlin has
agreed upon a convention regulating the
Government of the Samoan islands. Inc IN
strument has been accepted by me ana py
the German Emperor, and now awaits the
assent of the American Senate"
THE Catholic Cathedral at Harbor Grace,
st. Johns, Newfoundland, has been burned
to the ground. The loss is placed at sl5o, ,ooo.
THREE THOUSAND looms have been stopped
in Blackburn. England, owing to depression
in trade.
indignation meeting of parties inter
ested in the sealing industry in Behring Sea
has been held in Victoria, British Columbia
A resolution was passed asking for compensa-
tion for vessels already seized, for protection
in future, and for speedy settlement OF the
difficulty.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was e1-
perienced in Erzerum, Armenia. The WI
lace of Kantzorik has been engulfed In lava.
One hundred and thirty-six lives were lost.
The Liverpool dock laborers struck be-
cause they were refused an advance of
shilling day.
THE Federal Council of Switzerland has
announced that it has learned with great dis
satisfaction that an illegal aTrest OF nVe
American citizens had been made by the po-
lice of Berne. 1t added that measures had
been taken to prevent q recurrence of such
cases.
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IA Middle States.

Hd Middle states.
RAs been nominated for Gov
Fad for Lieutenant Governor,
Maginnis for Congress by the
democratic State Convention.
tank exploded in the penitentiary at
Ebus. Ohio, which did damage to the
1T of s150,000.
ZEN THOUSAND visitors and exhibitors
IRON all parts of the country were present at
the formal opening of the Changers National
Exhibition grounds at Carlisle, Penn.
THE Convention of the National Editorial
Association has been held at Detroit.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES celebrated
the eightieth anniversary of his birth at his
summer home at Beverly Farms, Mass.
SHERIFF FLAcK, of New York city, owing
to the scandal caused by obtaining divorce
surreptitiously from his wife, has rendered
his resignation to Governor Hill.
THE Erie Canal franchise including Gabili-
( ties has been sold at sheriffs sale for $4,000,
the purchaser being Colonel Thompson, at
torney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany.
THE Vanderbilts have purchased the Beech
Creek Railroad in Pennsylvanla. enabling
them to form a direct line from Philadelphia
to Chicago $50 miles shorter than any now
existing.
AN eAplOSlOu VI uOU Ilelul oSSui. C0 IL oAiS
Homestead Steel Works Of Carnegie, Phipps
& Co., at Pittsburg, instantly killing Andrew
Kebbler and another workman and inlurlng
seven Others, two, it was thought, fatally.
DARWIN A. HENRY, superintendent Of
construction of the East River Electric Light
Company, of New York city, has been killed
by shock received at the switch board from
a live wire.
LABOR DAY was celebrated in all the large
cities by parades, merrymakings and mass
meetings. Business was practically sus-
pended
THREE apprentices on the United States
training ship New Hampshire stationed at
Newport, R. L., died in one week of typhoid
fever The other boys camped in tents on
the beach while the ship was being disin-
fected.
In the first eight months of this year 222,-
056 emigrants arrived at New York as
against 294, 19l in the same time last year,
A REUNION of Abolitionists will be held
September % in fremont Temple, Boston, to
celebrate the anniversary of the issuing OF
the Emancipation Proclamation. One thou
sand invitations have been sent out to anti
slavery men throughout the country.
YARMOUTH and Sandwich, Mass, have
each celebrated the 250th anniversary Of
their incorporation as towns.
PROFESSOR GEORGE L. GooDALE, of Har-
ward University, has been elected President
of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
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South and West.

AT the national encampment of the q. A.
r. at Milwaukee, resolution endorsing Cor
poral Tanner in his administration of the
affairs of the Pension Bureau was unanimous
ly adopted.
THE Office Of the Times Record at Valley
City, Dakota, has been mobbed and every
thing destroyed. The editor is aprohibition-
ist.
A. NJ PULL1AM, formerly County Judge of
Hardinsburg, KY, has been sent to the peni-
tentiary for fifteen years for murder.
FIRE has wiped out nearly the entire bus
ness portion Of Dansville, Mich.
MRS. P. E. BENNETT and her sister, Mrs.
Dodson, were killed at Milwaukee Wis,
while returning from the G. A. R. celebra-
tion. A Chicago and Northwestern engine
struck the buggy in which they were riding.
The Republicans of South Dakota in State
Convention assembled at Huron, nominated
A. c. Mellette, Of Coddington, for Governor
by acclamation.
THE Citizens Bank at Prairie City, Iowa,
has failed, liabilities estimated at from S75-
600 to $1,000
WILLIAM E. DENNY, the defaulting Post
master at Bonneville Indiana, has confessed
to the District-Attorney that he lost the
whole amount, $500, atcard playing.
THE Democratic State Convention Of
North Dakota has nominated R. M. Roach,
Of Walsh County, for Governor, and full
State ticket.
WILSON NocKUM, a colored man, was
hanged at Plaquemine, La, in public, over
1000 persons witnessing the execution.
MRS. W. E. CHRISTIAN, nee Julia Jackson,
the only child Of Stonewall Jackson, died at
Charlotte, N. c., after two weeks illness Of
typhoid fever.
A PRAIRIE fire ten miles wide swept the
Minnesota bottom lands. Hundreds of farm
ers lost all their hay and stock.
REMUND HoLzHAY, alive highwayman.
who has terrorized Northern Wisconsin for
months past, robbing trains, waylaying
has been captured. While robbing a stage
recently he killed one of the passengers. He
is twenty-five years old, and took to the life
of robber as the result Of reading dime
novels.
The late Henry Shaw. the st. Louis mill
ionaire, left most of his property to that
city. The famous Shaw botanical garden
and park are left to St. Louis. His estate is
valued at between 81, 600, 900 and s3,000,000.
SAMUEL c. SHowALTER, aged sixty-nine
years, of Dayton, Ohio, who submitted to an
injection of the alleged Brown-Sequard elixir
of life for rheumatism. has died of blooC
poisoning.
MRS. GEORGE CooNs, of Little Sandusky,
Ohio, has died of Asiatic cholera. The peo
pie there are greatly excited and many are
leaving the village
A SALOON row between white and colored
men in Bibb County, Ala, the killing of John
Lawrence by two colored burglars, and the
lynching of the latter have caused much bad
feeling between the two races.
ABRAHAM SKIES and Jude Spring, of Ma
lad City, Idaho, killed each other in duel.
They both loved the same woman.
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100000 SEALSKINS.

A Years Catch Of the Alaska Fur
Company on Its Way to England.
Forty car loads of sealskins, in three
separate trains making passenger time,
passed through Cheyenne few days since
over the Union Pacific for the East from
San Francisco. The consignment is the
entire catch of the Alaska Fur Company
for the last year and is bouud for England.
The time agreed upon for the delivery at
destination IS eighteen days from San Fran
cisco. There were over 100000 sealsklns
IN the consignment,
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10000 Lives Lost.

Despatches received from Japan increase
the horrors of the story Of the destruction of
life.and property by the recent typhoons and
the floods accompanying them.
It is now estimated that 10, 600 persons
were drowned or were killed at Wakayama.
Junks, crops and various material We're de-
stroyed to an amount utterly incalculable..
There has been terrible suffering among the
survivors. Over twenty thousand people
are left homeless and without the ordinary
necessities of life.
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Two NIurderers Hanged.

William Walker and Jack Spaniard, re-
spited from August 9, have been hanged in
the jail yard at Fort Smith, Ark, the execu-
ton being witnessed by only a few persons.
walkers crime Yves the murder Of Calvin
Church in Indian Territory about two years
ago.
murdered United States Deputy Marshal
Erwin in Indian Territory.
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His Nap was Fatal.

Two freight trains on tho Buffalo, New
York and Pennsylvania Railroad came to-
gether at Colgrove Station, Penn. Fifteen
cars were wrecked and one engineer, j. B.
Comstock, was killed. A brakeman was
badly injured by jumping from the train;
The wreck took fire. but was extinguished
by hose company. Two tramps who were
Stealing ride were buried under the wreck
and killed. Engineer Comstock had orders
to wait for the extra freight at Colgrove,
and it is supposed he was asleep when the ac-
cident occurred,