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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-29
DANvlLLE DOTS.
Installation Of a Pastor Democratic Pri-
mary Election.

mary Election.
DANyIILE, VA April rs Special.
Yesterday Rev. W. n. Doggett was installed
as pastor Of the North Danyille Presbyterian
Church. Rev Alexander Martin, ID. d..
preached the installation sermon. and Rev.
Dr. f. =. Wilson delivered the charge 90
church and people The installation cere-
monies. which were VERY interesting, were
conducted in the Calvary Methodist Church.
the new Presbyterian Church being not yet
completed.
The Democratic primary election was
held here to-day for a municipal ticket.
The vote will not be counted out until after
midnight. but enough is known % insure
the election of the following William i.
Graves. mav0r: T. IL. BossieuX, city SER
geant: II. T.. Barksdale, Commonwealth's s
attorney: j. Allen Patton. treasurer; VIII
liam T. BOisseau, commissioner OF reNc-
nue.. Probably five Of The old councilmen
will be- reelected.
The Tabernacle. the erection of which
was commenced ON R;igo street soon after
the visit of sam Jones t) This city last year,
was completed saturday, and the first SER
vice was held i'm IL sunday night. All ihe
Protestant churches united. Rev. 4.
B. Thames. Of the First Baptist Charch,
preached 90 "a congregation numbering
fhirfN-fNe hundred. Services preparatory %
the sam Jones meetings viii be- held every
night this week. The tabernacle viii seat
comfortably four thousand people ANA "a
thousand more can Doe squeezed ln.
Mr. Joe Blackwell and Miss Moore. Doin
operatives in the Riverside Cotton Mills,
were out buggy riding Yesterday. when their
horse ran away. throwing both out. Black
we'll was seriously hurt about the head and
Miss Moore suffered fracture OF the arm.
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BASIC CITY. Va, April 2S.- Special. f.
The North Basic City company has been or
ganized, with capital stock Of 100000.
Plans for the new $4,000 hotel have been
received. and work on il will begin in a few
DAYS.
The Advance publishes its first number
on Wednesday.
A New York lock company, at present
working 500 hands, will move the entire
machinery to Basic City rs soon rs the
buildings are completed.
A Building and Loan Association have
agreed to erect 10000 worth OF handsome
residences within the next few months.
Work is progressing on the one hundred
ton furnace, paper mil. Normal College
and car works. The industries already sc-
cured will work 400 hands which, Of Itself,
will make a town OF 1900 people.
A large croydof buyers1s expected at the
lot sales on the 7ih. sth and OH OF May. A
bank will be- established here within the
next few weeks. one Of two propositions
10 furnish the town with electric lights, that
have been made. will be accepted,
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LYNCHBURG.
Another Improvement BODY Virginia
Steel and Iron Company.

LYNCHBURG. Va. April 2s.- Special. f.
Another public spirited enterprise has just
been organized in this city. lt is the Park
Avenue Land and improvement Company"
and is composed Oi "a number OF Onr leading
and wcathc-t citizens. JnO. b. Ninirce is
president and ". l.. Norman vice pre-.-
dent. with ten directors. They have pur-
chased some of the finest building lands boo
south lyncnburg, near the depot of the
Lynchhurg a. Durham railroad. embracing
nearly "a hundred acres, for some OF which
they paid at auction as much as $500. and
some at 1000 per acre. Three thousand
feet of this property fronts on Park Avenue.
which viii Doe one of the finest streets in the
city. connecting South and West Lynch
burg. and two thousand feet of il adiOins
the new cotton mill. The capital of the
company is to be not less than SlnOOo
large blocks of which have already been
taken by anxious purchasers.
y our correspondent is reliably informed
that one hundred West Lynchbure lots
were sold Saturday i'm New \ ork. and "a
large number We're also taken by city pur-
chascrs. There are one thousand in all ON
the market.
The Virginia Steel and Iron Company.
which was chartered by the last Leglsla-
ture. have called meeting of the incorpo-
mart Land Company i'm this city, ON the 9ih
of MAY at @ O'Clock j. NJ, tO perfect the
organization and proceed t0 business. The
enterprise promises TO he the largest ana
most important in the state, and backed by
large capital at home and abroad. Tie in-
are. John l.. Hurt. William T.
Sutherlin. G.. W. B. Hale, Thomas fauntle-
roy, Peter j. Otey. James Clark, John W.
Daniel. Max Guegenheimcr. John T.
Slauhter Edward $. lIuiter, lis. Simmons,
NJ. NJ. Rogers. j. Allen Watts, $. ID. Furgu-
son. an of Virginia: G.. Ross Grubb, ". W.
Marsh. Of New Jersey: W. ID. Mendmhall.
Ed. ID. smith, ,Of Pennsylvania;
james b. Pace. Archer Anderson, A. :.
Buford. James ID. Patton. G. ID. Langhome,
John II. lnman, &. G. Mclhail.
Additional mail facilities ON the Lynch
burg and Durham railroad as far as south
Boston have been ordered 10y Superin-
tendent Nicory from Washington, 20 COM
mence May lst. This will De of great SER
vice TO the people along the line who now
suner for lack Of proper mml accommOda-
fiOus
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PETERSBURG.
a. +. Hill Camp-Two successful Revival
Services.

PETERSBURG. Va, April IS Special.
IN consequence Of the absence Of Mr. George
S. Bernard, from the city, his expected ad-
dress before the 4. J.. Hin Camp Coufeder-
ate Veterans. on the battle Of the Crater.
will not Dee delivered on Thursday night.
next hut at a future time. At the Camps
meeting ON Thursday ni2ht MIR. Freeman
". Jones. will address the veterans. his sub
icct being The capture Of II. Brooks and
thirty-tWO picked | niOn soldiers. during the
summer Of 1864. by Captain George ID.
White. with a force of only seven
citizens. one Of the most daring
foats of the late Civil war.
Rev. II. VI. Wharton preached at tine First
Baptist Church. on Sunday morning and
night At night the church was so crowded.
that standing room could scarcely be had.
Quite large number persons made pro
icssi0n Of faith, and many asked the pray ers
OF the congregation in their behalf
AT both services yesterday. a sub
-crption was raised. TO help Mr..
Wharton build his tabernacle i'm
Baltimore. which is 20 cost Si0,UW.
About three hundred dollars were
subscribed Mr.. Wharton delivered a
lecture at the West End Baptist Church
tonight On "Ihe Ups and Downs of Human
liie.' After the lecture he came 20 the
First Church and held services until late
hour Mr. Wharton left on the midnight
train for the South
A very interesting revival is i'm progress
al the lligh-strcct VI. 4. Church,
which is being conducted 5y Rev. George e..
Nanderslice. so far there have been sixty
seven conversions TWENTY-FIVE on yester-
day). and thirty-three additions % the
church ON profession Of faith.
The Massachusetts Press Association
while ON their trip through Virginia will
stop at Petersburg from ll:2O A. NJ. until
4:iO j. VI. Saturday. May 18th. The Cham
bcr of Commerce will hold "a meeting ON To-
morrow afternoon 90 make arrangements for
giving the visitors a proper reception.
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in the Mississippi. IL becomes necessary 10
appeal direct 10 Congress. which supplies
the money. As large appropriation for
the continuance Of work under this plan j.
now pending before Congress. address YOU
this letter. in the hope it will lead tO an inyes-
tigaiion Of the evils arising from Increasing
the volume and velocity of the water In time
OF food"
RESULT OF TIE PAN-AifFRiCAN CONGRESS
Representatives " about ten the Ameri-
can nations. signed the arbitration agree
ment. recommended by the Pan-American
Conference. at the state department to-day.
Among the nation. which signed the treaty
were Brazil. liayu, Bolivia. Colombia.
Ecuador. Guatemala. Salvador. and Hon
duras. The ministers resident Of these
countries. % the number 0f about ten,
gathered together I'm AirI Blalne's office this
morning. and exchanged treaties. This ar
bitrati0n treaty is the one. the form Of which
was agreed tO in Pan-American Confer
encc. and recommended 10 the various
Countries represented I'm the Conference.
II could not Doe adopted hy the represent
tatiyes Of these countries i'm the Conference.
but was referred by them 90 their
home governments which have authorized
their ministers 10 the United States % meet
in Washington and sign for them.
II is believed that all of the countries i'm
the Conference will sign eventually. This
is the crOwning act IN the Conference as
this was the principal business for which the
conference was called.
THE SENATE SECRET INVESTIGATION.
The last act in the farce OF the inyestiga-
ton Of the "sediti0us" newspaper CORES
p0ndents was enacted this afternoon. when
Mr.. Jones. Of Nevada. as chairman Of the
committee 10 audit ana control the c0ntin-
gent expenses Of the senate. signed the
vouchers emitting each OF the five cores
pOndenis called rs witnesses Sij3 witness
fees. The correspondents were In actual
attendance on the sessions Of the committee
two days. but each Of Them was under sub
parma for finy-one days while the senate was
determining whether Or not 10 commit them
for contempt The investigation Of the pub
licutiOn Of the secrets Of executive sessions
has cost the Senate about $1,000, and has
resulted in nothing.
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GREENSBORO
at Rocky Mount-Many Notes
of Interest.

GREENsBORO, y. c.. April 2S.- Special.
II seems that the English sparrow has but
lust made his advent i'm the mountain towns
Of the state. News has just reached here
from Chadbourn that large numbers OF
birds. much like our spar0ws, have appear
ed i'm that section. which are grcediiy de-
youring the apple blooms from the trees,
ard the observer suppOsos they are English
sparrOws.
4 local sensation Of lively interest comes
from WAYNE county about mad bull at
large near Indian springs, that has become
terror 10 the people in that section. 0o
far be- has dehed the effects Of powder ana
lead 4 few days ago be- was shot down,
and as was supposed, done for, when he
suddenly struggled back tO life and chased
his wOuld-be slavers two miles. lie II the
property Of Mr.. John Williams.
f.. +. kiser and W. j. Cobb, Of Pennsyl-
yauia. have been prospecting in western
North Carolina with view 10 investment.
They will return in few weeks To begin
the operation of chair factory at Ashe-
Vile. The timber resources OF that section
have decided them to locate there.
The Baptist Orphanage at ihOmasNillc.
under the management of Mr.. J. II. Mills.
j. rum strictly upon a cash basis. no ac-
counts of amy sort are made, as the friends
of the Institution in the state no large, luf
nish the necessary cost and supplies.
Just before one Of the late cold snaps, the
temperature up i'm Mautauga county, was
one day. eighty degrees the next day, ther,
was snow and ice formed, one and hal
inches thick.
II is claimed that the late deiauliing post
master. at Rocky Mount. makes the nlnt
negro official that has gone crooked ano
come 10 grief. i'm the state. IN the postal ser
vice. since the incumbency Of the present
administration.
Al Captain Whita's saw-mill near kins
ton. loE WAS being saWn, when the saw
came in cont act with "A piece Of an old shei
that had been imb-dded therein, and tore
ont several saw tecih. The tree had beer
cut from an old battle-ground near Colds
bOrO.
CAPTAIN ". y. Ellsworth. section-maste
ON the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
cot A fall from bis hand-car while IL WA
Going very fast. and WAS badly hurt abOu
the head. lie WAS taken 10 his home "a
Dublin Road, and cared for by DIR. Mc
Graham.
The big Duke cotton factory that is sooi
10 D.. erected at Durham, Will make
specially OF spool thread.
II has been denided by the Western Mum
cinaliiv 10 offer "a site and "A SjOWp building
to the Davis Caaet school 10 move 10 tha
Mace. which offer. it is understood, VIII D'
accepted. aud the fall session OF the sch0O
will open at that place. the buildings TO D
put un during the present season.
The military festival. which was organ
lied and conducted by the ladies' for th'
benefit of the GuliOrd Grays, closed on
Thursday night, and netted purse of S5Ou
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
MOVEMENT DISCUS
SEQ At ASHEvlLLE.
Nr. Julian :. Carr to Respond to Toast %
Disastrous Fire at Elizabeth City-Blue
Tish Running in Large Numbers-Glean-

Nr. Julian :. Carr to Respond to Toast %
Disastrous Fire at Elizabeth City-Blue
Tish Running in Large Numbers-Giean'
ings.
RALEIGH. y. G.. April 2s.-Ispecial. r.
Mayor Thompson to-day received "a letter
from Mr.. Julian ;. carr. Of Durham, accept
ing the invitation to respond TO toast at
the Chamber OF Commerce banquet to-mor-
row night. Mr.. Carr will be representative
Of the state at large at the banquet. His
response will be to "North Carolina as a
Manufacturing state"
The Wake County Cattle Club held a
meeting to-day, and decided to hold its an
nual fair this year on May 18th. Mr.. Will
liam Grimes, Of this city, was chosen chief
marshal Of the occasion.
Congressman Reyburn, Of Pennsylvania
who a few weeks ago purchased Durant ;
Island. In the eastern part of the state, is
also negotiating for the purchase OF smith :
Island or BALD Head Island. which i
situated at the mouth Of Cape Fear river,
twenty-five miles from Wilmington. Mr.
krN Nuurn TOOK an option Oh tue ielduu Ao-,ldA
through his agent. who is here. His object
is TO build am elegant hotel there and lay IT
OIL into town lots. and make it watering
place similar tO Atlantic City or Cape May.
-Four hundred labOrIng men of AsheVille
met in that city Saturday night and dis
cussed the principles OF the nine hour move
ment. The meeting was harmonious, and
ended I'm the unanimous adoption Of resoll-
ti0ns plcdging every man present To work
but nine hours day after the first Monday
of May. 10 is not yet known what action
will De- taken by the employers.
Blue Fish. which made their appearance
In eastern waters few days ago. are still
nOcking i'm i'm immense numbers. and ARE
being caught and shipped by the cargo.
one day last week mt Nags Head. party
Of fishermen caught 1000. They averaged
eight pounds each. and at ten cents per
pound brought them S3.2OO. Most OF them
are shipped 20 New York by the Old
Dominion steamship line.
Charles Walker was shot and fatally
wounded Yesterday at Asheyille, by George
Gibson. both cOlorcd. Gibson has been ar
rested and claimed that this deed was done
i'm self defense. The two men. who were
working upon Nanderbit's new palace, fell
ont about a debt Of Sl.2j.
New, reaches here to-day that considera-
BILE damage was done TO property at Rocky
Mount last night, by a severe electric and
wind storm.
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HENRY COUNTY.
Iron ore Found in Martinsville--TobaccO
Crop to be short.


Crop to be short.
MARTINsyHLE, Va, April 2s.- Special.
Henry county seems TO De developing as a
mineral county. a few week, since rock
was discovered i'm unlimited quantities,
which 10 is said will give Sl7 per ton in sill
yer. and last week there was discovered on
the land of Mrs. Ann llairston. in this town.
a large vein of brown hematitc iron ore;
and persons are busily engaged i'm develop
ing the magnetic ore at Walters Ia this
county.
General Peck last week rode over the
Danville and New River road. from Danyille
to Stuart. it is supposed for the purpose OF
ascertaining the cost of making the road "a
broad-gaugc. a proposition has already
been made o. the Council of Danvllle, look
ing go the dismissal of the suit pending in
the supreme Court Of the Dnited States, pro-
yidcd the gauge is at once hr0adened.
The tobacco crop in this county will DE
yer, short. owing 10 the rayagcs Oi the fly;
many farmers have no plants at all. The
pest Is still at work on what is left.
Dr. James Scmple. one of the leading phy-
sicians, has decided % remove 20 Roanoke
and east his fortunes with the "Magic
Gty." Most OF the local bar are in Rich
mond arguing some cases before the Court
of Appeals.
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LNoNs. April 2s.-At an Anarchist
meeting in thi. city last evening, speeches
recommending violence on the occasion OF
the worklngman's demonstration on May
lst were made. The police arrested all OF
the most incendiars speakers and partici-
pants.
LoNpON, April 2s-A conference was
held to-day between Mir. Baltour. Mr.. &C.
schen and the Irish Land Commission. The
question OF the partial adoption by The
House OF Commons Of MIR. Parnelrs land
purchase propositions was discussed.
CITY or MEXICO. April 2s.-News from
Europe states that the capital Ior tne ne"
Rank of Fomento. 10 be established here, IS
l. practicallv secured. This will be- large
institution With 81, 900, 900 nominal capita'
onc-lifih paid in.
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on the Atlantic and panyille rOad. was
drowned Saturday a week ago by walking
overheard while in state of intONiclt on.
His body was recovered last night and turn
ed over 20 bis parents, who reside in Berk-
ley. for burial.
The City Democratic Executive Commit
tee have assessed The candidates who will
enter the primary s .563 for conducting the
same. The assessment is made on the basis
Of ~ per cent. for the salaries attached 10
the different Offices.
The Odd-Fellows I'm Portsmouth celehra-
ted their sevcniy-iirst anniversary Sunday
afternoon by attending services at the Mon
umcntal NJ. J.. Church.
The cruiser Baltimore left Hampton
Roads late Saturday night and put 10 sea.
The inspection board. which visited her
while She was in the Roads, were well
pleased with her condition.
Captain Samuel Hodges. Of Picket
Buchanan Camp, expects TO take four hum
drcd Confederate- % Richmond on the oc-
casion Of the unyeiling Of the Lee monu-
mCut.
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MRS. THoRPs,s WEDDING.
Her Statement of the AFFAIR with Hubby
in Florida.


in Florida.
PETERSBURG, Va, April 2s.- Special.
Mrs. Jennie Thorpe, who wa, married 90
Mr.. George Il. Hubby, at Fernandina,
Florida. on Wednesday. is sister of Mrs.
Jos. b. WORTH of this city. with whom She
is now stopping. Mrs. Thorpe says
that She and Hubby We're out riding
when Doe proposed marriage 10 her.
She st0uily refused when Hubby
drew 20 pistol and threatened to Kill
her DO she did moi consent Mrs. Thorpe
iOlf Hubby that bat for her two little chill
drcn. Doe might shoot. but that under the cir-
cumstanco- shcw0uld hayet ocOnsent. HUB
hy. 30 is alleged. then told Mrs. Thorpe that 10
she did not keep her promise af the MAR
riaee altar Doe would Kill her, Hubby then
drove fO hisi residence where the marriage
ceremony was performed by am Episcopal
liam minister. Mrs. Thorpe says that Hub
by then left home, telling her before doing
s0. that If She left during bis absence. he
wunld klll her on sight. After Mr.. Hubby
left home. Mrs. Thorpe fed To-
ldgomomt Hotel and Informed her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Col. Brink,
of what had happened. She then. in
company with two friends of her father, leii
Fernandiua in "a hack and rode forty miles
through the country % Callahan. Ga.
where She took the train for Petersburg, ar
riVing here on Thursday morning. Mrs.
Thorpe has employed Judge Baker and One
0r two other lawyers of fernandna TO have
the marriage ceremony annulled at once.
Mrs. Thorpe is engaged tO be mar
rieG 90 "a well-knOWn citizen, Of salem.
Va. who is now in the city. lilo
first intimati0n that this gentleman had of
Mrs. ThOrpCs forced marriage 90 Mr..
Hubby. was a telegram which be saw IN %
paper. yesterday morning while in Norfolk.
lie at once came % Petersburg, arriving
here last night Mrs. Thorpe is most
estimable and highly respected lady, and
has many friends here who deeply sympa-
thize with her in her trouble.
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Portsmouth To Have the seaboard All
Line ShOps-Ecal Estate.

NORFOLK, Va. April ESPECIAL r.
sales Of real estate in Norfolk last week
exclusive Of the $4,000 purchase OF the
English syndicate. the deeds OF which have
not been recorded, amounted 10 S2'9,on,
while in Norfolk county they amounted
to 1925. 900. These figures show pretty
cOnclusiycly the immense speculations now
going on in real estate m this section.
Prices continue high, aud there il BOW very
little land for sale. The PoindeNter syndi-
cate have nearly all Of the S2j0,O0 for their
new yarn mill subscribed, and expect 10
close the subscription books next week and
submit specifications al once for building.
The ~cabOafd Air line, running from
Portsmouth % Atlanta. Ca. on completion.
will build in Portsmouth all The principal
shops for ear building, repairing engines.
Xc.. and il is thought "A large force Of
workmen VIII be constantly employed.
The present fine machine shops just built
and In operation will be largely increased
in every department.
Ice Hawkins, a young engineer employed
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ITEMS IN VIRGINIA.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHES-
APEAke AND OHIO.
iire at Lynchburg Results Of the Pri-
mary Election at DanviIlc-N Norfolk
Real Estate sales-In all Parts Of the
state

mary Election at DanvlIlc-Norfoik
Real Estate saIcs-In all Parts Of the
State.
srArNroN, Va. April 2s.-'spociaI.l- D.
lhis morning about O'Clock fearful rail.
road wreck occurred at The staunton Chesa-
peake and ohio station. The ,estibule
iraiu due here at o'clock was two hours
late, and at 8 3o'clock came whirling in at
lightning speed. The engine having the ape
pear'nce Of sheet of fire. A number Of
persons standing on the platform at the sta
ton barely bad time 90 escape. The rear
coach careoncd, striking the platform, tear
ing away the iron posts aud demolishng
the entire platform. 10 also struck
the eastern baggage.house. new
brick building, tearing on the front.
Inc rear sleeper Jumped the
track and turned over on it- side. few
feet from the track, shiyerine tine car into
thousand pieces. 4 large number of per-
sons were In the sleeper. and among them
the Pearl of Pekin Opera fr1up en- route
from Cincinnati 10 New York. The fire
alarm was sounded as soon as the wreck Oc-
cured.lhe fire companies espOndcd prompt
~. and. together with largeuumbef Of ciii-
leus who had assembled. rendered
aid 90 the imprisoned passengers and moved
those who were injured. Only ono person
was killed outright. Miss Myrtle Knox. of
Kansas City. amcmber of the opera troupe.
she was ieariuily manglCd one leg was cut
on below the knee, lett arm broken. right
shoulder disiOcated and "a piece of timber
crushed into her thigh, seycrlng an artery.
Death occurred from bleeding before surgi-
cal aid could be rendered.
Those known 10 have been injured are W.
j. kirkpatrick. of New Ork, badly hurt
bat DO is thought DE may recover, J.. NJ. liar
man. Cincinnati. slightly hurts +. Miller
New ork. lcg broken: Mrs. Edward Webb
leg cut: Edward strain. head cut; Miss
Bertha Fisher. slightly hurt; Miss Jane
Dunlap. slightly hurt. All the injured be-
long 20 the opera troupe except Mr.. Kirk
patrick.
There were six coaches, two 0f which
were sleepcrs 40 one was injured. except
those in the rear sleeper. The engine and
other cars rushed on for miles. tin an up
grade was reached. and then the engineer
got control of toe engine. The accident was
caused hy q brake rod falling and throwing
ballast i'm the air-brake connections. thus
rendering the brake Useless. and causing
tine engineer TO lose control of the
train. The wounded were taken 10 The \ir-
ginia Hotel. and are being well cared for.
The body of Miss Knox was taken tO the
undertaking establishment Of - NJ. Wilkes
for cmhalming. The scene at the station
was dreadful. This being county court day.
and large crowd boz town, hundreds
have been 90 see the wreck.
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CHARLESTON. ". VA, April 2s.--At
Peerless, this morning. DolllNor Massey. a
driver, playfully tapped John tlendenniug
on the shoulder willie passing tlenden-
ming picked upa niece 20 heavy iron ral
and struck him twice On the head, crushing
his skull like an eeg-shell and kill'ng hlm
instantly. No arrest but lynching is pgcha-
be IL heis caught. tlendenning Il one OF
family Of outlaws who have figured beIorl
the courts for years,