Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-25
Bits OF News In Condensed Form.

Mrs. Edith Miller, widow of tho late
George w. Miller, died at her home at
Pendleton last Saturday, aged 90 years.
She was daughter of the late Mr..
Walker, who was for many years British
consul at Charleston. She leaves four
daughters and three sons, all of whom
were at her bedside when she died. The
interment took place in the Episcopal
church-yard at Pendleton Sunday after
noon.
Tom Horn, Sioux Indian fighter and
cattle detective, last Friday went smiling
to the gallows to expiate the crime of
numbering Willie Nickell, ID years old,
whom he shot and killed on July 1S, 1901,
at Iron Mountain. The trap dropped at
11.0s o'clock. Horns neck was broken
and sixteen minutes later he was pro-
nounced dead. Horn denied that he had
confessed to the murder for which he
was to die.
Ed Wynne was arrested in Philadelphia
last Friday on complaint charging him
with having deserted his wife is years
ago. Thinking the body of q soldier in
the almshouse at Cleveland was that of
her husband, Mrs. Wynne buried it and
collected the life insurance. She has
supported herself for the last 10 years
and never doubted that her husband was
dead until recently when he was identi-
fled by his son.
Out of the $4,000 to be raised by sub
scription for the Hampton monument
only about SO, 900 has been turned over to
the commission. AS result letter has
been sent out by the commission calling
upon Senators and Representatives of
the various counties asking them to ap-
point committees in their counties to
collect the amount assessed and to aid
otherwise in raising the fund 80 that the
State appropriation may be available.
Prof. Spencer Bassett, occupying the
chair OF English at Trinity college, Dur
ham, N. c., has rendered his resignation.
Prof Bassetts resignation is due to the
fierce criticism of the press on his article
In the Atlantic Quarterly on the negro
question, in which he stated that Booker
Washington ia the greatest man, except
General Lee, born in the South In hun
dred years. College patrons were threat
ening to withdraw pupils and Methodist
churches were demanding Bassett's dis
missal.
A special from Washington says Carrie
Nation ran amuck in the Senate gallery
last Thursday by hurling anathemas
against the demon rum down on ths
heads Of the amazed Senators. She was
hurriedly elected from the gallery and
placed under arrest. When taken to
police headquarters it was found that
she had both ST. ckings stuffed with bills
OF large denominations. For her breach
OF the peace and decorum of the Senate,
Mrs. Nation was fined twenty-five dol
lars, which she paid after warm pro-
test.
Thirty-one men were killed and at
least 10 injured in head-on collision
between west-bound freight and a
work train on the Big Four railroad, be-
tween Mackinaw and fremont, ILL.,, last
Thursday afternoon. Debris was piled
30 feet high on the tracks, and five vet
remain buried under huge pile of
broken timber, twisted and distorted
iron and steel. Only II of the victims
have been identified, the remaining being
unrecognizable. All the dead and most
OF the injured were members of the work
train, the crews on both engines jumping
in time to save their lives.
On last Friday r. III. Snow, a. promi-
nent merchant of Boaz, Ala, was found
murdered, lying hear the public road.
His brains were oozing from his head,
caused by gunshot wound. A farmer
named Carlysle has been arrested on sus-
picion charged with the crime. From
information obtained 1t seems that Car
lyele owed Snow and that Snow was
about TO foreclose the mortgage. Snow
had started to Carlysle's with teams to
get his corn. En- route he met Carlysle,
who had a shotgun. He told Snow he
would pay him If he returned to Boaz.
This seemed to be satisfactory and Car
lysle got in the buggy with Snow to 90
back. Carlysle claims the horse ran
away and caused the gun to be acciden
tally discharged.