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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29
She Rugged the Mayor.
Lively Episode in Aiken
Police Court.

Aiken, Aug. 27.-The dignity
of his honor, Mayor Salley, was
ruttled by a very unusual and
amusing performance in the may
or's court Saturday.
The hugging of mayor while
performing the duties of a mum.
cipal Judge is perhaps an unpre-
endented occurrence i'm police
court annals. His honor is usual.
y the lone star in the court per-
form ance, but the honors of that
position were contested in q very
unusual manner at this weeks
meeting ol the court.
While tr. ing the case OF Alb.
ney johnson, negro, charged
with larceny, Mrs. Buckle Jor-
dan, white woman who was
witness in the case, made her
statement, but when questioned
by the may or, she refused to an
swer and stated that she had
told all she knew about the case
His A"nor politely told her that
she mu't answer the questions
asked ner, but she assuued that
she would not do so, and she.
would 60 TO Jail before she would
answer the question. His honor
insisted, saying he would be
obliged to have her put in the
guard house. She steadfastly re-
fused and the mayor directed the
chief of police to put her in the
guard house until she was ready
to answer the questions of the
court. The chief took but one
step towards her, when the wit
ness rushed to the mayor, and
throwing her arms around
his neck, held tightly to him un-
til the services of three police
N EN- had to be brought into re-
QUESTION TO make her release
her hold upon his honor's neck.
His honor is young man and
p erhaps the lady wanted to give
him his first sample Of an angel.
ical hug.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

DR.. Bo'dridge has for six
weeks been holding meetings of
his swA and helping pastors in
meetings in which there have
been over one hundred profes-
sions Of conversion and over sew
snty-sve baptized into the fell.
lowship OF the different churches.
The meetings at Camp Creek and
Fork Hill were of unusual power
and piritra ity.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29
Three Negro Children Burn
ed to Death.

Houston, Texas, August 81
Near Calvert late yesterday three
children of Jake Holley, colored
the Oldest ~ years old were
burned, One child was kindling
a fire with kerosene. An explo-
sion follow9! and the children
were so badly burned they died
within an hour.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

Augusta, Ga, Ass. N,-A
special from Afksa bs telephone
says: Sheriff kobsa, % Aiken
county has been HSMfsd that a
HoS is bein. fsszsSd nsseAIranite
Vile, where Ma. bsya~ says she
was criminaky a+ta@@sa BY a
white man xsnea B<zsSa, Sat.
urday, with the deternaa mon to
take Barton fFsn ths A ihsn Jail g.
SheiT RaSua has taksa every
precaution.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29
Rate Law Now in Force.

New York, Aug. 27.-The new
railroad rate law, which applies
to all railroads doing an inter
state commerce business, goes
INTO effect at midnight tonight.
1t will be enforced by the inter-
state commerce commission.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29
TOte for state Ticket an County

'"' ''" n 1''"et ." county.
Seven precincts out of twenty
three reported last night give:
For United States Senator-B.
f. TiIlman Alb.
Governor-AnseI l57, Blease
81, Brunson 218, Edwards II,
Jones t, Manning %, Nc Mahan
4, Sloan Is.
Lieutenant Governor-Mc-
Leod 4S9.
Secretary Of S'ate--Mc Gown
361, Morrison II, Ragin 20, Trb-
bIe 10.
Comptroller GeneraI-Jones
S46, Walker 1856.
State Observation-Disclosures 49I.
Adjutant ana laspecD or eSene-
ral-Boyd 100, Haskell 800.
Srate Supt. ot Edueation--Mar-
Ma 4Se.
Attorney @saoraI--Lyon 32s.
RagsdaIe 81. Youmans 70.
Railroad Cs~ missioner-Car
slsr 147, Sellers "a, Sullivan 50
Summersett PIG, Wharton "a.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

R'Iight- StSsRer.
Mr.. Simpson M. Knight ,sa
Hiss Jane StOgaer, aaughter Of
Mr.. Lee Stogner, were married
here last Sunday morning, at the
Baptist parsonage, by DR.. Bold
ridge.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

Strait Ahedd tn Chester County.
Partial returns from Chester
county give Finley 497, Strait
1884.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

Finley Carried York.
Complete returns from York
county give Finley 1889, Strait
293.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

Nr. and Ms. Hasel WItber-
spoon Rave gone TO Biowine
Rock.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-08-29

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The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09
COSTLY JADE BOOK
CATALOGUE WHICH COST OVER
 sl,ooo,ooo TO PREPARE.
Most Magnificent Work Ever Pub lished-Product of the Efforts and Munificence of Heber
 R. Bishop.

Tn this age of books. with the print ing and binding processes so much cheaper than years ago, il seems al most impossible. for an edition of any work to cost over S1 600 per volume but such is the case with the cata- logues printed for the Heber R. Bishop collection of jades, now on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 MT. Bishop owned one Of the most superb collections of jade objects in the whole world. He had ransacked China and the whole east in his search for jade ornaments of art value Be fore his death. Mt Bishop gave this collection 10 the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. In addition. he donated large gum to it up an appropriate room for the installation Of the collection. The northeast room of the second floor of he museum building has been fitted up for the suitable exhibition of the jade. This room will be known as Bishop hail. The greatest decorators of Paris were brought over to make the room the most splendid example on this continent of the style of Louis XV.
 But the jades collection itself is hardly more beautiful than the cata
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09
RANCHMAN KNOWS HERD.
Becomes Familiar with Even n Voices of Each ot the
 Cows

People ho have never been in h cattle bnainess. said q stock Falsef 2 Kansas City the other day reports " Times. will never reaiile now int mate q eattle man becomes with n animals in his herd
 Whaa say that as boy khe the different voices ot i0 COWS a& without seeing them could tell Js what one was lowing hy the eana just as you recognize fhe voice oi friend hehiud your back. few peops will believe me. | know every ln. vidual animal in herd ai .aa ca1us = = my pa7 Jre. and often neisheefs Y, '. their cattle in my pasture TOT v summer. i sorting them onl asah !" the fall without difficulty.
 T visit the pasture only t"o ., 7, three times during the 'uinnef s,' '',, recognize my own calfes as % ., tinguished from my neiehbors P % markinss iuChrited from their "'as mothers. have an iHsi&ht in'o .r, V. tie character as most people ns into the human charaeter ana '"y' the soeie., ot the herd.
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

most dangerous kind of criminal. It Is said that bank robbers will shoot quicker than any other type. They are absolutely fearless. and their dis cove-y of the destructiseness of nitro glycsrne has 1T. de it an easy matter for "seCond-class bum" to become a first-class bank robber.
 II is said that few bank burglars are mechanics. relying upon tie nitro- glyeerine 10 open the vault. no mat ter how strong the safe or how well barred the doors. Give a tramp a can of soup and q bar of soap. and two or three other buns to work with him. and he'll get into the fanciest burslar-proof safe that was ever made said detective
 That 50 few robbers gre caught is explain d by the detectives in this way. The rohberies occur a little towns. here. there. everywhere. Crack ing tie safe between midnight and two o'clock. the thieves have often as many as four or five hours of dark ness i'll which 10 get away If they can catch train across country in this iime it is loEg chase 10 catch them Unlike the James and the Younger boys. they don't ride into town in the daytime. shoot up and down the street until the bank is robbed. and then ride off into the wood5 The up-to-date bank robber comes and goes under cover of night and almost invariably relies upon the ra1lroads 10 carry him far away from the scene of hIs crime within a few hours
 So 1t is that the untitled boom of the bank robbery is a nightly occur
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

to work wifh the soap and soap" (the latter benS their name for nitro glycarne1 and blow their way in.
 The safe cones next. They make soap lip at the top crack Of the safe door, cal:l the crack of the saf. door all he way down, and pour the nitroelycerine into the lip from which it runs down inside the door along the sidas of the bottom This. done, the thieves put the percussion cap III the soap lip att ach a foot long fuse light it and retire outside. clos ing lhe door. Sometimes when they are blowing a safe inside a vault they even close the door of the vault. These precautions lessen the noise and mint mize the danger of an alarm.
 OH detectives say that there are really no safes that can withstand this attack With nitroglyeeriue Many so-calied burglar-proof safes have been laid open until their experience has taught them to lose faith in the name. True. tbere are safes that fre- qaentiy resist attack, but this Ia be- cause the thieves do not know how to do 1t; not because 1t couldn't be done.
 The detectives say that bank rob binS is a crime in which only white men engage. r. Is unknown of negr9es. Another singular fact aeout 1t IS that the men engaged iu it are almost all of an age IL k not the of adveafure of men varying little from 35 years Most of them are ex-con- yicts. Detectives have observed thai, safe blower once settled" as they call conviction and imprisonment. ln- Yariabiy returns to the soup and soap The explanation Is obvious Fis needs l ready money.
 The inference from all this k that i the winter can have no terrors fol ] he bGhk robber. Handsomely reward. ed For his industry, he can retire for a season and indulge in a few mxuries.
 If, as bank officials affirm, the bold bank robbers who have made such T whooping campaign this last veal take refuge in the brick walled eau. yons of the larger cities Of the cen, tral west after their autumn activities. this should be a winter Of plenty oi prosperous robbers in the Mississippi valley with plethora of money To be sure a good deal of it under these circumstances would be tainted chiah, by powder and some of ths currency may be little bent. but t will hays to he pretty badly shot uo to be un. welcome.
 Many small banker would rest easier if some means could be found to more fully protect himself and his patrons.
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

outd0na by Indiana, Illinois. Kel tucky. Kansas, Arkansas. the Indian Territory. Oklahoma. Texas and Nebraska. all parts of the favoritc rang of the lank robber.
 Ii is strange. but true. that few rob berries ever oecar out of season. X not. able exception was at Royal. H. where a bank was robbed of s6,00o This robbery occurred in August. The most remarkable recent case occurred early last fall when robbers broke into a bank at Mineral Point, Wis, and SC curel S25.290.
 Robbers Work in Gangs.
 IL is singular that very few iob, are done sing,o- handed. l. is tradi. tionh that bank robbers and safe blowers work in gangs They send in t~o men to do the work and leave two guards without Occasionally there is a fifth man, but hot often
 The bank robber is considered by detectives and police officers to be the
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09
FURS OF THE MIDDLE WEST
Trapners of the Middle States Ana Gathering In Good Crops
 This Seasou.

Despite the general opinion that nst of the wild animals that inhabited hs middle west q century ago have becor, extinct as a result of 5he march of eiy iiization. he contrary k iree. and thou, sands of muskrats. skunks. raceoons opossHms. foxes and eiFet eats. withW casional minks or weaseis. are killed and their pells sold for suns that in tha aggregate would be 4 great surprise n tbe public not in touch vii he--rappln, trade. Not in years hate he featra Illinois iraBpef= been so active as thi year
 One firm in Museatinf. Ia.. Hays ss00e each week for hides There are many firms scattered over Illinois which do an equally large business and il is prob ably safe to say that during he preseni season trappers will b. paid in Illinois alone the sum of SiaunGu. while Iowa Indiana and perhaps several othe' states Of he middle Rest will expeni equally large sums in tIis direction
 The majority of tin animals trapped n the middle west are musk rats. whla have the least attraction for the trap per. as the pelts bring on.s r. 10 l5eenls while skunks range from ii cents to s250. according to the size and eoBd ton. raecoon. from a1 cents to Slls, opossum. from - to ' cents, red foxes from s to s5; ciYet eats bring ony ' cents.
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

e,ar tools. some of thvn Of remark able workmanship: but the possession of these is rare.
 For the most part the gangs work with nothing but the nitroglycerins and the soap. They pick out a small city. rarely one with a population of more than 5000 or 1000. generally one with less. Such towns have but a small night police force, if. indeed, they have anything more than s night marshal
 The gang sends man in town dur Ing the day to locate the bank At midnight the whole quartette moves in. The night marshal Is hunted up and gagged Bank robbers have their own colloqulalisms for all these things. and if they were telling 1t they would say they stuck up" the marshal and put aim away" This means they thrust a gun in the officers face. compelled him to throw up his hands. bound and gagged him. and laid him out of harms way behind some building. or back in an alley Looking after the night marshal is almost always an easily accomplished preliminary. Few of them ever discover there are bank robbers in town until t is too late. and a case where robbers were antiei- pated by the marshal and routed be- fore they robbed the bank is sufficient ly rare to be called unknown.
 Actual Work at Bank
 After the way has been cleared ih this manner the thieves go to the bank. either rick or brea. the lock of the bank door with er~Sbar. and enter the chamber of wealth. If the safe is inside the vault they first go
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09
CAT AND RAT SHIPS oss
Bettleship Chicago Boss+s Most ExtraOrdinary -
 Pets.

\ sailor approached tbo
 the deck after retreat on haa@s f Chicago, and said. samtlnS. u may I have permission to D. s' Saturn?" s0 70 ss
 What for?" said that office, ing to the Honolulu commer.,aa,,S a,Sa's vertiser. At
 To get the cat. was ihs ,.,
 That cat is the pcr of tha When the flagship went to un. a9 cruisers cat stayed behind ta as qnainted with the eats of ,bo D He evidently got pretty well aeasls msp'a ed. for when the cruiser retnrnas aa''a' the eat came back" he was + aa' scared veteran. 'sas
 Besides the cat. lhe ba,,,..,. boasts rat. Not plague rs, t white rat straight from BFa,0... Wash. That rat is also pet ,ns a glossy, well fed. well hammered dent. as white as driven spew n sailor who seems 10 Dc bis - guardian saYs the more he ponnS. :. rat the better he likes him Ha c,,s ell over the boys. take a,, eie.,a, smoke like Spanish seDoFl,a =, makes himself quite al home wss.' ever he Is But he ueEcr aefs ash.. leave
 II is q peculiar thing ibat he sy and the rat are the best of frls,,. Once in awhile the rat gets li,tls +, familiar 10 suit his catshlp and M. the cats lips with hls sharp te.s Then the cat just looks .aines ,,, turns up his eyes to the boys t,. sympathy. He never seems to thh. of such a thing as eating ID his m, panion. IT he did The boys Wm, soon reach him better manners m doubt
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09
same night. and a third s20o at Fair

same night. and third S2o0 at Fair mount, i'll.
 Bank robbers made an unsuccessful attack upon Danville, III. on the night of November q. and the same night another futile attempt was made al Tamaroa, III.
 Robbers entered Eldon. Mo, on nigh. of November 25. but were re- pulsed by citizens. who captured their bottle of nitro slycerine.
 John Rodenberg. of East St Louis. feeling that safe blowers might visit him. Iosted the combination of his safe ia ola.n view. The expected visit eaLle. and the thieves got S32 out of the safe on the night of Noyem- Der 26. without using the destructive nitroslS ,erine. He saved the safe.
 The State Bank al Chapman. Neb was dynamite1 on the night of No vember q, yielding 5000.
 The entire front of the American Excninge bank, al Browns, IL. was
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

renee somewhere in the middle west at this season The dweller in =the country town knows what r is when il brings him out of his peaceful slam- bers in the dead of night.
 There is no mistaking that sup pressed roar If he is a game man the citlzen gets his gun and goes out on ;he firing line; if he is man of peace. he assures his wife hat the noise they heard is thunder
 Few Robbers Caught
 It is a singular fact that few bank robbers are caught Now and then a gang of them will make a mess of fl and bring the wrath of the citizen soldiery down on their heels. but the average of mortality in the business is below that of street car riding and automobiling. Bank robbers work in quariettes, as did the adventurers of Dumas, and about the only difference between their lives and those of the famous Three Musketeers is that the bank robbers adventures are inyaria- Ely more remuneratiye and always less sentimental
 Sometimes everything goes 10 smash. as it did with q gang al Will lard, Ky. on the night of October % last when posse put bloodhoands Gpon the trail after the bank was robbed and fought a battle with the thieves, killing one and capturing the rest.
 Sometimes. too a bank rohher grows careless with his wealth and exeites suspicion by displaying f. This was the undoing of Harry Stewart. who was arrested in St Louis December 1 while attempting 10 dispose of $1 GOO worth of stamps which had been part of the loot in robbery at Shelbyyille. Mo. a few days before Stewart con fessed 10 complicity in the robbery.
 The greater part of these rowing rogues, however, get away without a fight or a capture They almost in Xariably work between midnight and two o'clock, when citizens are wrapped in slumber Indeed, their methods are so Identical from one end Of the great Mississippi valley to the other that one might readily suppose all the rob berries were the work of the same gang Detectives however, know better.
 The Robbing Formula.
 The formula for robbing a bank is simple. simpler than one not familiar with the workings of gang of safe crackers would suppose
 The gang gets few sticks of dyna- mite, takes the nitroglycerine out of it and carries this violent explosive away. II has been the case, too. that quantities of nitroglycerine have been stolen from manufacturing plant dhere the deadly explosive is made in he northern part of Indiana. It is the supposition of Capt. Kinney. of the Indianapolis detective department that the robbers have this explosive hidden away in some woods and car " away small quantities of it as they need it.
 Besides the explosive the other as seutial 10 robbins a safe is a bar of soap Sometimes the gang has bur
The Forrest City times., 1906-02-09

logue describing he collection. There are just loo copies of the catalogue, printed in two volumes. The cata- logue has j lst been finished and bound. Two copies have been placed in the national library to secure .the copy right and the other copies will soon be on their way to the crowned heads Of Europe and Asia and 10 tha libraries and museums selected as recipients of the wonderful work
 Ii hns taken % years to prepare and print this catalogue For a great part of that time MT Bishop himself directed he work. and his will be. qaeathed plenty Of money to complete the task. If the time and work given free to this work were counted in the cost. it would be a low estimate to place the price of the catalogue at s260. 900. George r. Knnz. the gem expert, who was one of the most prom inent of the collaborators who pre- pared the catalogue, describes he book as one that stands alone as perhaps the greatest volume ever issued and eer- tainly the greatest catalogue of q collec- ton in any branch of science or art. He says its cost exceeds that of the monu- mental folio of Audubons Birds of America It is described as beyond comparison with any other great il- lustrated books. including Gems and Precious Stones of North America. Audubon's folio Of birds, Syenegrodz- koi's Byzantine Animals" published in Russia Gould's Birds of Many ealds." the great Illustrated catalogue pf Chinese porcelain of the Walters collection. issued by Henry Wall CTS, the Treasures of Tzarkoe Zelo, by the Russian governor. and the eata- logue of the J. r Morgan collection oi oriental porcelains
 The Bishop catalogue Is in two state. ly folios They weigh respectively 6s and U pounds, and their combined weight is 124 pounds Volume one contain 277 pages and volume two con tains 293 pages. making go pages in all The volumes measure about II inches by i6l4 inches The printing is on the fines quality of hand made linen paper. manufactured especially for the purpose. There are 1j0 full page illustra aJions in the highest type of execution, in water color, etching and Autograph, and nearly 300 per and ink sketches in the text MT kinz in speaking of he work. says:
 The preparation of this grelt work was made possible by the prineely l.b- erality of Mr Bishop who had damned fl fully since about 1886. To carry out these plans 10 their comple'i ion in the final distribution now 10 be made has taken therefore. just about 30 years Nc expense nor care was spared in the execution, some % scientific men and art specialists. both in Europe and America, were engaged to contribute their views upon various aspects of the whole subject, and the Illustration: were prepared in the finest possible manner Chinese and Japanese artist. being employed 10 execute many O them, and color experts being freely consulted. with the supervision of MT Bishop himself