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wounded br Stray RnlIets.

San Francisco. May S-Ensign Chas
Hun and Boatswaln Mcnamara Of the
crew Of the cruiser Boston were
wounded lay being struck by stray bull
lets from the cruiser Marhlehead while
the crew OF the latter vessel were en-
gagged in sub-caliber target practise
The crew was engaged at this prac-
tlse while the Marblehead IN Mag
dalena bay was lying about 400 yards
from the Boston with her men likewise
engaged.
II was not thought the bullets would
carry as far as the Boston and no
danger was anticipated until there
came a signal from her to cease firing
In her direction Ensign Hun was
wounded in one Of his arms. and the
boatswain's mate received a severe
scalp wound.
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Contents of Turkish Note.

London, May S.-The Sofia CORES.
pondent Of the Times says
THE difficulties regarding the tenor
and contents Of the Turkish note are
likely to be arranged to the satis'ac-
ton OF both parties. the sultan apo ar
ing dislnclined TO provoke a contr0v-
ersy.
wholesale arrests Of Bulgafians are
reported In all parts OF European Tur-
key and oil the Bulgarian schools in
western Macedonia have been elos d
and their teachers have been arrested"
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Baker.s Advance Prices.

Chicago. May S.--The Master Bakers
association last night decided on an adj
vance OF - per cent To the wholesale
trade and 20 per cent %. the retail deal
ers ia the price OF buns rolls. cakes,
cookies and crullers. by this action.
which Is 10 take effect Immediately.
the price Of tie smaller bakery goods is
raised from s to 10 cents q dozen whole
sale, and from 10 10 - cents retail
II is claimed that the increase Is
made necessary by the increased prices
Tor -four. lard aud butter.
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} mary work Of the canal route. The
commission sailed from here about a
month ago.
Rear Admiral Walker, on his arrival
today, said.
"Our Visit TO the isthmus was for in
spection only. We looked over the
work that has been and Is being done
and everything appeared 10 be going on
satisfactorily !, Of course. cannot say
much about our visit and It's result UNI
Ill We have made our report to the gem
eral committee IN Washington
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strike OF Italians UNCHANGED

New York. May s-There was M
change In the situation Of the strike OF
the 1000 eNcae ators and rockmen To-
day. The president OF the union said
mat me subway men might submit thc
question OF hours 70 arbitration. but
TINA 81 a day. W was also Al
standstill on most 90 big buIldlnrs
as the result Of the al OF the hir,
hermen and brick ars To send ont
material until the teamsters have n,adt.
fed their demands.
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American Treaty with China.

Shanghai, May SIN the American
treaty proposals Tatungkau has been
substituted for Takushang as the port
10 be opened TO foreign trade. as Il Of
fers better trade prospects and better
harbor. The Chinese commissioners arc
Of the opinion that the government viii
consent to the opening Of these ports.
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Myers and shor,,s TrIal sel.

New York. May S.--Justiee Fitzgerald
OF the supreme court has set the trial
OF Morris Myers and David l.. Short,
charged with forgery, growing out OF
the trial for murder 81 Albert T Pat
rick, for the death OF William Marsh
Rice. for June !. The two defendants
are charged with forging the viii OF
Rice
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ground. An American who has arrived
here from Central America says the
Nioaraguan reyolutlonists are receiving
help from the other republics, and a
member OF the Nloaraguan iunta here
says he expects extraordinary events
will occur in Nicaragua next week
which, he adds, will assure the success
Of the revolution.
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Of what she has been accused OF I
would not protect her, but would say
that she deserved all this sorrow. Ell
son told me himself that he had nothing
against Maude'
Mrs. Ellison resumed her story: He
came to me twice after that and said
that he must have money and | could
borrow II from father If | only cared
70 do so. / told him that | would
have nothing more TO do with him
About eight days before the shooting
he came TO me and said that II | did
not get the money somehow that he
would get some women from a room
ing house and some hackmen TO ruin
my character and be would show me.
He had 20 have the money and was
going 70 get It.
CLYDE ELLISON LIED.
There are other things could have
proved II they would have only let me
and my friends testify. CLYDE Eli
son lied when he said that | got him
into debt. Everything / had, lnclud.
ing $50 for a doctors bin when I was
sick D paid for by father. When
he said that be was supporting me he
lied again I was working In the brio.
a-brac department at Walkers. All
the debts that there are were incurred
by him and he owes everyone over
town"
There was not q eiigF--tlon Of venom
IN the statements Of the young wife.
She told her story In q quiet and even
tone OF voice II can never go back TO
him. she reiterated, "for what he has
done Is unforliyable / do not care
what people may think. my own con-
science tells me that | am right"
Mrs. Ellison went on to state in an
swer to questions that her husband
never had provided for her and was
hard drinker "As TO this insanity
plea" she declared, II never saw any
trace Of insanity in him except when
he had been drinking and was on the
verge Of delrum tremens. This shoot
ING was simply a well laid plan Of
blaokmail and the jury simply brought
IN the verdict they did out OF sympathy
for him"
ABOVE REPRoACH.
The only time that she showed any
symptom OF resentment and warmth
was when she referred to the charges
of infdelity that had developed during
the trial Then her eyes snapped and
she half rose from her seat as she ar
lirmed tempestuously that. like Caesars
wife. che was above repr0ach. "They
are all lies she said. "and / cannot
think why he did It. did all In a wo-
mans power TO help him along and
three times when he had been dis
charged from the oregon Short Line |
went and got him his Job back I
never did him wrong and why should
he have brought all this notoriety upon
meY II deserved 4 ! would say
nothing, but II is hard to have TO suf-
fer for his sins. | am through with
him. will get a divorce and be quit
of him forever"
Regarding the statements OF Mrs.
Payne the mother Of the man who
fired the fatal shot into Watsons body.
the young wife said she had nothing to
say. She is his mother" she said.
and | viii try and be charitable: but
that tury-what do you think OF a lot of
men like that?'
GETS HIS REVOLVER.
Clyde Ellison called az the sherlffs
Office this afternoon. accompanied by |
his friend Sam Woman, and got the |
revolver with which he ended the llfe |
OF Undertaken Watson.
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S,car,gusn Revelation Goes on.

Panama. May notwithstanding
the persistent denials OF the Nicaraguan
government that the revoly\in In that
republic Is making progress. adviccs
received here show that II is gaining
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BOLD HOLDUPS
AT JUNCTION CITY
Attempt to Rob Passenger at Union
Depot
HOBO SUSPECT ARRESTED.
WIN submit school Consolidation to
Vote OF People John May Fined
s25 for Disturbing the Peace.
Especial to the "News.")

Ogden. May S.-A desperate attempt
at robbery was made at the Union de-
pot in this city this morning at about
4 o'clock, as a result Of which two men
giving the names Of Jerome Sullivan
and Fred Younger are now In Jail
About the hour named, as a Southern
Pacific train was on the point of leav-
ing the depot, Jerome Sullivan seized
d passenger by the throat, dragged him
between two cars and proceeded to rife
his pockets, The Intended victim how
ever, did not submit peaoeably 10 the
fleeing process and resisted and called
for help. Hearing the cries OF dis
tress, a, conductor and brakeman went
TO the assistance Of the passenger and
succeeded I'm holding the robber till
the arrival of officer Mike Malone. The
hold-up closed with the latter and
most determined struggle ensued, and
II was only after the free and iudici0us
use Of his club that the CONSERVATION of
the peace gained the mastery Of his
man. The prisoner was then turned
over to Officers Elan and Silvey, who
marched him or 20 the city Jail Sui
Ivan says he had just arrived from
California, and the officers here believe
he is an escaped convict who IL wanted
al San Quentin A few hours after
the arrest was made, young man who
said his name was Fred Younger, called
at the station to see Sullivan While
there he stated that he had first met
sullivan in Ogden the day before while
the latter claimed to have known
Younger for years. This and other
improbable stories reused the suspicion
OF the officers, who nc once arrested
Younger on the charge of being
confederate OF sullivan II IS also
said that Younger's real and true name
Is Lawrence Murphy The authorities
believe they have captured two hard
cases.
SUSPECT ARRESTED.
This morning Detective Pender ar
rested a big burly hobo who has been
disposing Of lot Of carpenters tools
TO secondhand stores in this city The
fellow said he had been getting the
tools from his toolchest at the depot.
On Inquiry the police found he had no
toochest there, and his arrest followed
II Is believed he stole the property from
some carpenter shop
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET.
A special meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners was held yes
terday afternoon, for the purpose of
considering the matter Of consolidat-
ing the county schools. While no def
mite action was taken, It was practical
ly decided to call special election and
lag h. Ia h.
themselves. The question of granting
licenses to sell liquor In ogden canyon
was also discussed but both proposi-
tons were laid over TN Monday next.
JOHN MAY FINED S25.
John May, of Willard, Boxelder coun-
~, was given hearing before Judge |
Howell this morning on the charge Of
disturbing the peace. He was found |
guilty and sentenced to pay fine Of |
S25.
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Eckels Advocates Asset Currency

Chicago. May S-James II, Eckels,
former comptroller OF the currency, ad-
yocated an asset currency and the abol-
itlon OF the sub-treasury system in an
address before the students OF North
western university last night.
INSTEAD Of the government Keeping
ifs revenues In bank created upon
business principles" he said. the sub
treasury system has been created.
which is simply an enlarged safety de-
post box. where the revenues OF the
government remain In idleness except
when disbursed through congressional
appropriations or by the secretary u
the treasury through bond purchases
The sub-treasury takes from the chan
nels OF trade that which Is eyp'ntial to
the proper conduct Of trade and CON-
merce'
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San Salvador, Salvador, May S.
Adobe Altamlrano. the Nicaraguan
minister to Salvador. claims that the
Nlcaraguan revolution is nearly sup
pressed. He adds that the government
boat once de Julia. recently engaged
the revolutionary steamer Victoria, on
Lake Nicaragua. causing the latter
serious damage but the Victoria being
the faster vessel escaped
The Nicaraguan revolutionary steam
er Noventl-Tres Is ashore In Moyo-
galpa bay, lake Nicaragua.
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BOXER MOVEMENT.
Collector stratt0n of San Francisco
SAYS Il Has Been Exaggerated.

San Francisco. May S,-Frederck s.
stratton, collector Of the port, return
ed from tour OF the orent today.
Mr.. stratton. in discussing his trip,
said,
"The Boxer movement In China mas
been greatly exaggerated although the
dissatisfaction certainly exists ana
may break into flame at any moment.
'sThe use Of American products as
we'll as imports into the United stat s
are both on the increase but our com
merce is being largely carried both
ways on foreign bottoms.
II went out opposed 10 tn missoi1-
nry movement In China al least, ! had
no sympathy with II. |, however have
been converted 10y what have seen
America leads all others In phllan-
chronic and religious work IN the orient
and the results, while slow, are IN my
opinion sure. and the foundation Is be-
ing splendidly laid. Commercially
speaking the missionaries are the adj
vance agents for American commercial
enterprises.
II return very strong advocate OF
Chinese exclusion. The Chinese, u
granted the right to enter. would speed
ily displace the skilled American me-
chanic.
I'm the Philippines, business Is de-
pressed and times are somewhat hard.
The monetary system Is somewhat ui-
certain. the rhinderpest hes destroyed
nearly all the beasts OF burden and for
two years there has been considerable
drouth. American commercial enter
prise. | think, demands the admission
OF Chinese IN the Philippine Islands
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Rich Can't Deny Poor a Pew.

Kansas City Mo. May Spy de-
cision OF the circuit court of this city.
the aristocratc members OF a church
have no legal right to deny a humble
worshiper the occupancy OF seat
among them. The Congregation Gomad
Cheese, a Jewish synagogue congrega.
ton. was sued by Samuel Graves.
pawnbroker and ieweler for Se5. the
value OF a pew which he had agreed TO
sell TO II. Jagota, a shoemaker. and the
court rendered a judgment against the
congregation Before buying the new
from Graves. Jagota. ike all OF the
poorer members Of the congregation.
had occupied a seat In the rear OF the
church When Jagota, with his family.
attempted TO enter the aristocratit sec
ton, where his new pew was located.
he was met by the president OF the con-
gregauon, who told him that he could
not sit In that section Jagota pushed
by determined 10 assert his rights. but
when he reached his new he found is
entrance blocked and barricaded with
chairs IN the face Of this Opposition
Jagota abandoned his claim 10 the new
and refused 10 pay for H. Thereupon
Graves brought suit against the com
gregation officially 10 recover the
amount he lost because he was unable
TO deliver to Jagota the pew according
10 contract
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OF It's whole external action. Is ~ Rus
sian alliance; strong In this We are
more disposed 10 favor all rapproach-
ments the interests OF which are man
ifest. We are intent upon remaining an
element of moral and material equlli-
brium and Il is 10 the service Of these
ideas that We put out our national pow
er. The government has understood
this and | congratulate II for having
done 50. II is superfluous 10 insist up
on the advantage OF Great Britain and
France living IN an atmosphere Of good
VIII which renders easy the settlement
OF those problems arising day by day
IN all parts OF the world where both
countries have interests. The visit Of
King Edward has contributed to the
creation OF this atmosphere"
1T Is very agreeable for me 10 de-
clare said the British ambassador.
that the issue OF King Edwards jour
ney has rendered me profoundly happy.
The Ties which exist between France
and Great Britain are too many and TOO
close for our friendship to be one Of
natural law only King Edward &C.
complished an act OF friendship in COM
ing 10 France, and his act has been un-
derstood with an unanimlty over which
we all have cause TO rejoice"
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GETS HIS REVOLVER

Clyde Ellison called az the sherlffs
office this afternoon. accompanied by
his friend sam Woman, and got the
revolver with which he ended the life
OF Undertaken Watson.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
fSrOilctl Alive

a. horrible accident occurred at the
lsichland distillery on Christmas eve
About half-past i O'Clock Charlie Till
man, acolored employee, while walk
ing along the gangway just above one
OF the great slop vats which holds
$500 gallons, slipped and fell into the
vat. 1T was filled with. boiling slop,
the stuff from which the whiskey had
already been extracted This stuff
was at the time Of u temperature OF
200 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till
man fell into the vat two fellow work
men tried to save >his. life. They
quickly managed to grasp his hands
and pulled him out. lie hardly spent
moro than two minutes in the vat,
but when he was drawn out he. was
unconscious and had really been cook
cd alive. lie was in such condition
that his clothing had to be cut from
his boiled flesh. DR.. Kendall was
hastily summoned and found the man
still breathing. lie administered OPT
ates and us soon rs possible the suf-
fcrcr was removed to the colorcd hos
pital. Through everything possible
WIS done to save the. mans life, dca TIL
came and relieved his awful sufrerings.
He had Inhaled the deadly vapor from
the vat. Columbia State
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
Is Now u Fact.

Wireless tclcgraphy is now an as
Sllrcd fact. The Halifax Chronicle
announces that wireless tclcgraphic
communications have been Succcssful-
by established by Marconi between
Cape Breton and Cornwall, England.
a message has already been sent ia
King Edward by Lord Alinto. GOV
ernor-Gencral OF Canada, and also one
to the King Of Italy. DR.. Parkin, NJ.
=, or Toronto, special correspondent
OF the London Times, also had mes
sage transmitted. Narconi has hccn
at Table Head for the last eight weeks
working steadily. The wires were all
removed and installed anew, the ia
nous cohercr being replaced by another
wonderful Invention Of Marconi called
4 magnetic dctector, which gives most
satisfactory results and whlcf enables
the tranSmittcr to attain create
speed and accuracy The inventor
has also established at his Table Head
station one Of the world. IL was
thought that until Il similar current
was established at the Cornwall sta
tion satisfactory results would not be
had. Tests were made frequently
during the last few weeks, but the
greatest secrecy was maintained
Last week communication was cSlab-
IiShrd.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
THIRTY INJURED
By the Explosion Of Gas mt hot
Springs, Arkansas.
ZEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
SIXTEEN
\ Crowd Was Gathered to Hear
Returns From Now Orleans s
Races When the Explo-5
sion Occurred, r

At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes-
day afternoon in the cellar Of the turf
exchange, a club house and pool room
operated hy Chambers 81 Walker, the
building was badly damaged and 80
people we're injured, l6 Of them being
in serious condition. The most scri-
ously injured arc:
II. G. Chambers, one Of the propre-
tors OF the turf exchange, both legs
and both wrists broken.
Wm. ITclwig. a blind man, manager
Of il bath house, both. legs broken,
will die.
The injured arc:
j. S. Mcclis, Hot Springs, Ark.
both legs broken.
Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot
Spings, both legs broken.
Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs,
both legs broken.
James Cowcn, Hot Springs, both legs
broken.
Nm. Meter, boy, Hot Springs,
both legs broken and skull fractured,
will die.
james Cougln, plumber, Hot
Springs. leg broken
G. G.. Parker, Milwaukee, Wis
both legs broken.
AL. y. lIotchskiN, Hot Springs.
knee fractured.
Il. Ozier. engineer, Hot Springs
both legs broken.
II. George, New York. leg broken.
j.. Cranield, Cincinnati both legs
broken, ribs crushed.
Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm,
broken.
Eugene DAILY Hot Springs, boil
legs broken.
Thos. pnelan, telegraph operator
Hot Springs, badly cut.
Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence I'M
known, leg broken, also badly cut.
Twelve others sustained bruises ant
slight injuries.
About o'clock "Wednesday after
noon the poolroom was crowded Will
more than 100 persons. Just as [;
race In New Orleans was being calico
by the operator the floor OF the build
ing seemed to rise In an instant and /;
report that shook the building rams
out.
| The news Of the explosion st1lcaG
rapidly and soon Central avenue wa!
jammcd. with people The police ant
iiremen took charEe. NJ tho d.. I, nea:~c :.
/ .i,;N.g D.is JktN u eaou5 BEG an. iuti
were pulled from under the building
in Il terribly shattered state. One o
the most pitiablc sights was wtel
"Billy'' lIclwig, the blind manager o
the Lambcr bathhouse was taken from
the ruins. IIclwig is widely know
to thousands OF visitors who come L
Hot Springs annually. .
| Il. G. Chambers, one Of the propric
tors OF the turf exchange, is one 0
The best known sporting men in tht
country. His condition j, serious
The injured were takcni Il charge BY
the local physicians.
/ The exact cause Of the explosion
has not yet been determined. Iti
said by some that gas which ESCAPED
in the cellar Of the building was ig
nitcd in some manner, causing tlit
terrible accident.
Another report, which is probably
correct, says driver Of gasoline
wagon was filling tank in the celia
when the explosion occurred.
| .tlt.
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
Two Trains Collide.

The Pennsylvania limited, running
almost an hour late, crashed into the
rear end OF the Lcctsdalc accomoda-
tion at Quaker Valley, Pa, Wcdncs-
day night 1T II O'clock. The big en-.
ginc OF the limited ploughcd into the
rear car, the smoker, like knife
through paper, and the little car was
pushed through the one ahead OF it,
making the two cars the length OF one
The crash was heard for mile and
the limited, running at the rate OF
tifty-iive miles an hour, carried the
train from Quaker Valley to Edge
worth, distance of almost half q
mile before it could be stopped. Many
were injured, some OF them probably
fatally
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The Co,dVa,yc.

Tho following hnlleti }isened -Erielav
~ Observer Bauer v, 'cm Columbia
shows that the severe weather is gen
cral: The scvcrest cyld wave of the
season covers the upper Mississippi
valley where the temperatures range
from zero to 26 below. .I'hc cold wave
carried the freezing line soutlward to
Northern Florida. With light frost at
Jacksonville, Southern Alabama, west
ward through Cc:i::;.i Texas. The Pa
ciiic slope is much warmer, with rainy
weather prevailing 1t is showing In
tho lake regions, upper New England
and the Ohio valley. Portland. Me-,
had over 10 inches OF snowfall during
the past II hours. Generally clear
weather prevails over The southern
states except along the coast where
1t is cloudy. The highest reported
tcmpcra lurc Friday was 50 at Los
Angeles. the lowest Saturday morning
was 26 below zero ut Huron, S. d.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
snntn CLAUS Ii,lrncd.

Forest Gale, l5-ycar-old boy attach
ed to the Salvation Army, at Hamil-
ton Ohio, was fatally burned Christ
mas night while playing Santa Claus
To 300 poor children. THE accident
occurred in the Salvation Arp,y's hail,
where the annual Christmas enter
tainment for the poor was i'm pro-
grcSS. Gale was swathed in rolls of
cotton and wore a long beard Of SINH
lar material. AS he was frisking
around the tree, picking gifts for each
child, his clothes ignited by Il candle
Fire envcloped him almost instantly.
The false beard was burned and he in
hailed the flames. Gale was taken to
q hospital, where he died in twenty
IN inIit DC ~ ~