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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11

PRINCETON, Ind, March lO.-one Of
the worst railroad wrecks that has oc-
CURED In this vicinity for many years,
happened this morning at o'clock. 70 the
Chicago & Nashville limited south bound
over the Evansville s. Terre Haute rail-
road, one mile north OF Huzleton. The
train was made up Of engine No. 9l, In
charge OF Enginecd John X. McCutchan,
and Joseph Bowman. fireman; a cOmbl-
nation baggage and mall car, smoker.
ladies' coach and one sleeper. The en-
glne went over the embankment, falling
Il distance of fifteen feet into six feet OF
water. The smoker was telescoped by
the baggage car and the ladies' coach
and sleeper remained on the track. En-
gineer McCutchan says he was running
twenty-five miles an hour. ana when he
approached the waghOut saw nothing
but u small hole. The engine passed over
It and went down the embaukment.
The known dead are:
George a. Seers, conductor.
Joseph Bowman, fireman.
Three passengers, names unknown
There are several Others missing.
The injured are:
John X. McCutchan, engineer, bruises
received by jumping.
John b. HAueIss, brakeman, foot hor-
rlbly mashed and otherwise bruised.
All the passengers in the smoker are
supposed to have been killed.
-Four persons besides Conductor Seers
were seen in the smoker ag It broke loose.
rolled down the emblnkment and ilo2ted
of In the current. Harry ]. Hill, the
bagga geman. was the only member OF
the train crew that escaped unhurt.
About s o'clock this morning a large
section OF the levee broke. sending the
baggage car and smoker down Into the
water and both subsequently, noated
away At IL o'clock to-day the ladies'
coach, which had been lying crossw!se
| on the track floated OF toward the river.
This afternoon the steamer George r.
Frank, took load o: eXcurslontsis up
| White river TO see the wreck. Hazelton
Is alive with wreck viewers and the peo-
pie are rendering every assistance IN
their power. II looks now as though
several days will elapse before trains can
be run over the WashOut, as there - nc
way OF getting around II.
The cars and engine cannot be taken
out before the water goes down. Then
| the bodies OF the unknown dead may be
found, but the probability 10 that they
will have been washed away. The only
passenger who went down in the wreck,
whose Identity can be traced, was trav-
elling man representing w. i: Phillips
OF Fort Wayne, selling ladies' shirt
waists, His grips. a pair OF gloves and
card bearins th' above Information were
| fourro nv.ll the wreck w. +, Hendersnn
ma0ager Of tn. Henderson Comedy Com
uan, WnS ir tn wreck and sustained a
broken leg. He went on 70 VinceInes to
| juin the corn:ssny
II hSs Just been learned that heToerI
| Alien door.kecper in the late Indiana
II, iqlature, was in the wreck ana was
rfobAbly killed. He lives at Evansville
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WAS A BOLD Died.
The I.OulsvlIls aud Nashville Train Rob
bory TuoSday Might.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March lO,-
Nothing has yet been heard from sher-
IN o'Brien and deputies, who have gone
with bloodhoundB to the scene of the
hold-up on the Louisville & Nashville
last night.
"Details 0f the robbery are mengre.
Two miles this side of CaleriR train No.
4 Of the Lonl Yillo Il Nashville, due here
nt 1899, was stopped by an armed man,
who stood on the platform Of the mall
car and ordered the engineer, Sam CAL
loway, to reverse the engine. When the
train came TO stop, two miles away,
the men told him to cut the engine loose.
The men took the engineer with them
TO the express car. Messenger Norton
was ordered to ope nthe door, which he
did, and the men went inside and Sc
cured a number OF valuable packages.
They escorted the engineer back to the
engine, made him couple up and order
ed him TO pul out. None OF the other
coaches were disturbed. The number
OF men in the HfHatr Is estimated at four
to six, and the amount secured was
$1,000. The robbers had dynamite and
would have blown open the express car
had the messenger refused TO open the
door. All were disguised and heavily
armed
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A FALSE REPORT.

Consul General Lee and Secretary Shsro
man DID Not Have Certain CorrsSpOnds
enSo.
HAVANA. March 1o.-La 1ucha pub
fishes dispatch from New York saying
that Mr. Sherman. the secretary Of state,
has cabled to General Bltzhugh Lee. the
United States minister here. requesting
him to continue at his post as q personal
favor to President Mckinley. The corr
respondent Of the Associated Press has
authority for saying that General Ettz-
hugh Lee has not received such mes
sage. The correspondent further undtf-
BtandO that the general did not request TO
come here, but was sent here
Finally, the correspondent undeT1tAnd0
that General Lee has not made an apple
cation to remain and that he viii not
do so
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A BIG DAN BREAKS,
And Damages Farm LandS-FaetoFisS
Obliged 10 Shut Down.

And Damages Farm Lands-FaetoFiss
Obliged 10 Shut Down.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y. March 1o.-The
Mount Norris dam broke this morning.
The towns north OF Mount Morris ara
feeling the effect OF the water let loose.
as 1t spreads over the big river fats.
Most OF the damage will be to lOw-lyInE
farm lands. The water in this city has
risen fifteen inches since yesterday, but
Is still nine or ten feet below the high
water mark OF last year.
The dam ut Mount Morris was built
in the year 1856. by the state and cost
about $4,000. All manufacturers who
use the water power In that village
have closed down. The Western New
York & Pennsylvania bridge, which IL
situated about one hundred feet above
the dam, is in great danger. The cur.
rent has washed large hole below II
and is gradually washing away tht
earth from near the piers. The roae
bridge win certainly be carried away
If the high water continues, as the cen
ter pier merely rests on the rock, neith'
er being sunk into nor fastened to 1t u
any manner. The loss so far Is placed
nt 10000
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CHICAGO. March 1O.--The Industrial
World tomorrow will say:
"The western steel market is stronger
this week Rails are in good demand
and some eastern makers are still SELL
ing in this territory. The wave OF aC-
tivity Is extending to other products.
The railroad companies are heavy buy
ers. They are beginning TO order
freight cars and are also negotiating
for bridge material. Tin plate mills are
everywhere Well filed up, large con-
sumers now seeking TO cover their
needs for long periods. Billets and
gkelp are in demand and heavy trans.
actions have occurred in sheets. Quo
stronger, We du0te steel rails at S2li
blllets, SIS: northern foundry pig iron
No. .. Sll: southern foundry No. .,
SIO GJ"
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TIE SUGAR SCHEDULE
or the New Tariff BiI complstsd-WoOl
Rates BOtherSOme.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10
Tho Republican members OF the ways
md mcars committee to-day finished
their work on the sugar schedule and
took up the wooden scnedule. On the
latter they came 70 no definite eyMions,
but the points In the sugar schedule
which had been reserved until to-day
were decided.
The ditferentIal WAS fixed at one
eighth oEa cent pound on sugar above
ia Dutch standard. This was thought
10 be a sufficient allowance TO cover the
difference between the cost OF refining
in the United States aad other coun'
tries where sugar is free.
The wool schedule promises 10 be the
most difficult which the committee has
10 ilr on account OF the cOniii between
the Crowers and m,.nufac'urc The
wool growccS' association has asked Tor
duties much lager than those In the
Mckinley law.
After the wool schedule. parts OF the
pottery Rchedulc aud the free list ana
some administrative features OF the Dill
only remain TO he settled
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PRESIDENT DROPPED BUSINESS
To Hasten 70 the IIS,lSlds OF Hts Old Com.
mandSr Who HAD Met With an Acct.


To Hasten 20 the IIS,lalds OF Hts Old Com"
mandsr Who Had Met With an Acct.
dent.
WASHINGTON. d. C.. March TO-
President Mckinley learned at $3.50 that
his old friend and companion In arms,
General Hastings, OF Bermuda, had
fallen in front of tho treasury depart-
ment and broken his les. The PresI-
dent at once had his carriage called and
went to the Emergency hospital, where
he remained for some time at General
Hastings bedside,
The President spent quarter OF an
hour consOIlng his friend and then re-
turned to the white house. General
Hastings was formerly commander OF
the Twenty-thlrd Ohio, McEiRley's OLD
regiment, and now lives In Bermuda.
He came to Washington to see the in-
RuEurOtlon and was to have sailed for
home Saturday. Early this afternoon
he called on the President Mt the white
mouse, and willie returning to his ho-
tel was knocked down by a wagon in
the street, and the leg which had been
fractured at the battle Of Winchester
by bullet, was broken President Nc
Klnley at once sent II messenger with
u note otIerinG to render any service in
his power. An hour later, when he
could escape from visitors. he drove to
the hospital with Colonel Taylor. OF
East Liverpool. Ohio, and Captain W.
G. willlnmR. "'I am sorry to flnd you
here. General" the President said. ''It
ali comes from running away from US
80 soon"
After some conversation the President
IAsV P1ra,1s ssThn lugR t1fTE
wounded was at Winchester and
hardly thought you would pull through
that time"
After Offering 70 DO anything IN his
power FOR his friend. the President re-
turned TO the white house.
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THE CROP REPORT
Estimates by the United states Depart
msnI IorAgrtC"itIrr.

Estimates by the United states Depart
msnt torAgrtc"itGrr. Of
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 10
The crop report Of the department OF
agriculture based on returns from three
independent sets Of regular correspon-
dents, added to several thousand from
mills and elevators. all Carefull- com
bined aud weighted, relates principally
10 the distribution OF principal grams,
the stocks remaining on farms and the
proportions Of mcrchnntable and un-
ncrchahtabir. All grain IN the hands
Oi farmers. including amounts remnin-
Ing over from previous years, are In
rnded In the estimates given
The corn on hand, as estimated, ag-
Pregate i,1Gi .0OO, 600 bushels, or o. per
cent of the last crop against l0Is, ZOO, :
OOO bushels In March, 1896, Both the
proportiun and the quantity In original
hands at his date are unprecedented,
although closely approached last year
and in March 1880. Correspondents re.
mort large stocks In Cribs, particularly
in the prairie states, awaiting better
nrtcng The wheat reserves IN IaFlR
erg' hands amount TO 2OG per cent Of tho
crOp. or IS. .O0O, 900 bushels. against l23,-
600 900 bushels last March OF this
amount per cent Is reported aS com.
Ing over from previous crops The pro-
norton of Nyhcnt sold outside the cOun-
try IN Ell per cent. or oats there Rr"
gli 600 600 bushels. or Az per cent Of the
1896 crop vet In farmers hands. Pro.
portion shipped beyond county lines, q
per cent
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PROVIDENCE, R. l.. March 10Th
party of fifty representative souti
American business men who viii visit
this country In June as guests Of tn
Philadelphia Commercial Museum viii
come to Rhode Island. The party vii
be entertained by the Providence board
OF trade, by whom committee has
been appointed to attend to their re-
ceptain and entertainment while here.
After leaving Providence, the visitors
wIll go to Boston TO spend three days,
going thence to Springfield and Wor-
cester. The visit Of the party Is made
with a view of increasing trade between
the United States and South America.
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WEYLYR's --LATEST ORDER.

VIII Leave Unprotected All Towns That
DO Not Comply With It.
HAVANA, March l0-Captain Cen
=eral Weyler has ordered all the regular
Spanish troops to abandon the towns in
which the merchants and landed proprie-
tors do not provide, FREQ Of cost to the
government, three volunteers for every
government colder of the garrison. He
has been in communication on this sub
iect with the proprietors, merchants and
prominent people who are most Interest,"
ed In preserving their fortunes.
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THE FIRST MOVE
OF the Powers After the Ultima
tum Of Greece.
AN INDICATION OF COERCION.

Two Strange War.hlp. Added 10 ths
Fleets Already at Can'H-Thsy Were
BrltISh and italian TranAportS Loaded
With TroopS-AGtsmpt to BE blade TO
Drive the Greek Forces from Crete:
hus,ulmanS Rescued from the InIur-
EsntS-Lateut from the Seat Of Trouble.
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wreck in Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March lo,--A
special to the Times from WicklIffe,
Ky. says: AT 1:2O o'clock this morning
the st Louis express on the Illinois
Central. northbound. collidc6 with a
freight traln at East Cairo. Ky. Fire
man walter Rogers. OF the express,
su- aimed fatal injuries, both legs being
.rucd o. The mall car and engine
OF the exnEc' tiain were demolished,
she eugiLC left the track ami ran Into
IN. dcpJ'. the telegraph operator, God
win BoaG, having 4 narrow escape from
dRnfh
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You arc weak, sick, out Of health.
You have tried local doctors, Did you
ever stop to think that 1T IL the great
specialist IN your disease who ynn cure
you. The physician who treats and cures
Thousands OF cases like ylurs| Dr.
Greene. 20 West Fourteenth Street
New York CITY ls the most successful
or all specialists and has the largest
practice in tho world. You can consult
him free Write to him without delay
and he win explain by letter Your case
fully ThIg WIN cost you nothing and
doubtless lead 70 Yuup cure,
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GREENsBURG, Pa, March 10
Richard Graham. wealthy farmer. and
HIS wife were found dying In their farm
house near Coal Tree this morning, In
pools OF blood The wife was conscious
but unable to talk. Both are expected
to die. II In supposed that their nssnil-
ants were tramps, who have been loaf
ing Rbout the coke regions and who
we're after money. The ncIghbors are
searching the surrounding country for
the criminals
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THE SPECIAL SESSION
It's worh WHI Hs connnsd to the Tariff
and Deferred Appropriation Bill'.


and Deferred 4 appropriation Bill''
Special Dispatch to tho 1ntellICcncer.
WASHINGTON. u. c., March 10
The srDatc has adjourned to re-nssem-
bic no more un:ll the extra session con-
yenes next Monday, and the question OF
the future control OF It's organization
s.Yi h. aocyance. The present statute
mny stlll be maintained until the as
semblIng OF the regular session next
December. Conservative Republicans
saw It Is doubtful u the administration
can count upon more than majority
vote for the tariff bill, aud II the COM
bined opposition proves 90 be strong
snourh to embarass other legislation
The body viii work fOr an early ad-
journmrnt II the special session. Ap-
nr0prtatiau4 viii be- provided for the
current expenses Of the coming year.
by pnsslng the deferred bills practically
~ thev came from the last congress
:rhe tariff measure viii be enacted md
that w.ll be the sum Of the legislation
OF the called session.
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PORTLAND, Ore, March 1o-Ex-
Senator John N. Dolph died at 1880 a.
m. to-day. On Monday his leg was am-
putated. The shock was too gerat.
John N. Dolph was born In Watkins
N. Y, in 1885 and came to Oregon in
1862 Since his retirement from the
United States senate he has practiced
law in Portland.
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MRS. sEEcHER,s REMAINS

Taken 10 Brooklyn Where the ERnsrAl
VIII Occur From PlymOH'h Ia Church.
STAMFORD. Conn, March 1O,-A
simple service OF Scripture and prayer
was held this afternoon over the re-
mains of tho late Mrs. Henry Ward
BcCchrr at the residcnCe Of her son-in-
law. Rev. Samuel SCovillc in this city.
After the service the remains We're re-
moved to the railroad station and plNc-
ed aboard train for New York. Upon
It's arrival there 1t VIII be removed to
Brooklyn, where. In Plymouth church,
tho remains viii lie IN state until 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon, whom Rev.
Lyman Abbott viii perform the last
i.itpg
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Some Of the Applications. 4

WASHINGTON, March lO--Among
the applications FOR appointment 10
presidential offices under the treasury de-
plrimcnt the following have been re-
crived and classified:
Frank Merton, ur ohio, ~ surveyor OF
customs nj COtumbul. OHIO
+. r. Don, N Wcst Virginia, nq ahIp-
ping commyHoncr for the Puget Sound
district.
u. n. Hartshorn, Of Ohio ns auditor
Tor the var department
James r. Upton, ~ Maryland, aa As.
sIatant secretary ~ ihe treasury.
AndgSW u, bWlth ~ nhlp, sl auglI0T
Tor EhO honto@sA alpREtu1anL
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speclnI Dispatch to tho InteliIEencer.

spoclal Dispatch to tho lntelllGencer.
WASHINGTON, u. G.. March 10
Pensions have been granted West
Vrglnlans as follows:
Original-Howard II. Wilson, Charles
Supplcmental-Georgc $. VHnmetcr,
Petersburg.
Ec.issuc-JcsSe Simmons, Knnnwhn
county and Conrad FELTON,, Tyler coun-
-
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Late Intelligence OF Operations In AL Of
tho West Virginia Fields,

Late Intelligence OF Operations in AL Of
tho West Virginia Fields.
In the Bcnwood pool, in Monroe conn
ty.the Fisher oil company has drilled
its test well on the Schambaugh farm
to the top of the sand and has shut
down to move the boiler and put tank
age. The showing IN the top OF the
sand presages n good well, The loca-
ton OF the we'll Is northeast OF the same
companys No. !, Men, about 1000 feet
ana II It makes the producer, as is now
expected, It will show an extension to
the pool In the northeast. All efforts
to extend the pool 10 the north have
been fruitless
The gauges OF the wells IN the Ben
wood pOolproducinE 100 or more bbls. a
day are as follows; Howell Nos. 2 and
3. 200 and 300 respectively; d. Price,
Nosl, . and 4, 100, l?5 and l15 bbls.
Neff. No. I, 10 bbfs.; Hoitciaw, No. $,
l50 bbls.. aud Mcfarland, Nos,2 mad 4,
100 and l75 hbls. respectively.
In the Hebron pool Nos. and IL, j:
Livingstone are the only wells rated
above 100 bbis. dag
The well on the Lyman Woodfarm,
Tour miles west Ol CONWAY AStEI SuNH-
ty and owned by the Sistersville talent
-some9b OF them-is the subject OF a
good deal Of inquiry, a telegram
states that the well Is spraying at the
rate OF 100 bbls. day. There seems
TO be a difference Of opinion as to what
sand the oil was developedln. Some
think It is the Big lnjun, while others
hold TO the opinion tht 1t is Keencr
formation. II IS purely u wildcat and
It's future actions will be closely ecru-
tlnIzed by those who are on the look
out for new field developments. Lone
Tree Is the nearest pOstoiiice to the
we'll and Middleburn, the county seat,
lies Eve miles To the southwest. Three
years ago J. NJ. Gunley and others drill
ed Easscr at the mouth OF ELK Fork,
where II CmptIcs into Point Pfeasau,
creek, II tributary Of Middle Island
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BERLIN, March 1O.--A dispatch to
the Cologne Gazette from Gambia, Is
land Of Crete. says that in q fight be-
tween a force Of Bashi BaZouk's and a
detachment OF insurgents. before the
gates OF the town, sixty OF the Turks
were killed and wounded.
Tho dispatch further announces that
the firing between the opposing forces
continues and that the town Is threat"
pned with inCendlaFlSm
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PITTsBURG, March 1O.-Another con-
ference OF railroad coal operators and
miners Of Pittsburgh district, will he held
here next Wednesday, to arrange uni
form scale OF wages. II the conference
again fails. convention Of miners 60
consider the Qdvifablli;y OF striking at
the opening Of the spring lake trade will
be called by the officers OF the United
Mine Workers Union.
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AN AWFUL WRECK.
And the Wonder Is That More
People Were Not Killed.
NUMBER OF DEAD IS UNKNOWN,

Rat Five Bodies Arc Rscovered-EnEtnt
BHEEaEO Car and Smoker 90 Over an
EmbHnkmsnt on the EvNnHvlIlo and
Tsrro IIAuts Hallway Near Princeton,
I"dIana-Tho Smokes With Its Oesu-
p nt' Floats Away, aud Is Followed by
the Ladies' Coach Several Were injured.
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TprEl,h Troop. ON the F, ontlsr.

CoNsTANTINoPLE. March 1o.-1t
is announced here that $1,000 Turkish
trops are now concentrated on the
Greek frontier and 1t is understood in
Turkish military circles that the Greek
forces sent into Thesaly do not exceed
1900 men Of all arms.
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MANY BIG MEN
c.llto Pay Their Respects to the
New President.
ALI. ARE RECEIVED CORDIALLY

And Mr. Mckinley Dosun't Seem to Grow
r,r,d OF Welcoming the PublIO-An
Accident to One OF iii. Old War Com-
m.ndsrs-Gsn. Hastings Knocked Down
py a wagon While ISvvInE the White
Uou,s-Ths President DFOp' lsu'In'''
and MaStsns to the bedside.
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HARRISBURG, Pa, March lO-Gov-
crnor Hastings said Tonight that there
was no truth In the story that he ia an
applicant for the position Of minister TO
Ituty or for any other office within the
gift of PrcgIdcnt Mckinley He wants
no office, he says, during his term as
governor,
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CHICAGO, March lO,-Dclegates from
a half dozen great states met to-day
Mt the Auditorium and mapped out the
outlines Of n national body to include
MI the swedish American Republican
lDaguoa now ~ existence ana 10 provide
Ion the formation OF now associations
In states where no such leagues now
pXigt
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Ko,rner WnI Appeal.

NEW YORK, March 1O.-Counsel for
William ]. Koerner the newspaper art
ist, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa, recent
" convicted OF the murder Of Rosie
Redgate, and sentenced TO be executed
next month, has notified the district at
torncy that an appeal Will be taken to
the supreme court.
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ALBANY, n. Y, March 1O.--Govern-
or Black to-day signed the "knock Out'
drops bill. which makes It felony for
any person other than licensed drug
Elst or a physician TO have In his unS-
session or to administer to any person
u drug or narcotic,
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WHO sEnT MISS TANNERi
The Preston County Tragedy aS Much I
EyGIery ~ Ever.

Mystery Rs Ever.
Special Dispatch to the 1ntelliEsueer.
KINGwooD, w. Va, March 10
Miss Tanner, the young lady who was
shot from ambush here, stIH lies critic
ally III from the effects of the shot. The
young men arrested were released.
Now the theory that Miss Tanners re-
iected lover did the deed is more
strongly believed. The young man dis
appeared a few days previous to the
shooting and Is now located in the west.
No crime for years has so stirred up
the people OF this county. 1t Is the top
&c OF conversation everywhere.